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SUBMITTER: Fromm A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3986875 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fromm Annette A Haaland Øystein Ariansen ØA Naess Halvor H Thomassen Lars L Waje-Andreassen Ulrike U
BMC research notes 20140326
<h4>Background</h4>Vascular morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) are high after ischemic stroke at a young age. Data on carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) as marker of atherosclerosis are scarce for young stroke populations. In this prospective case-control study, we examined cIMT, the burden of vascular risk factors (RF) and their associations among young and middle-aged ischemic stroke patients and controls. We aimed to detect clinical and sub-clinical arterial diseas ...[more]