Aortic arterial stiffness associates with carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaques in younger middle-aged healthy people
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Purpose: Aortic stiffness, assessed as estimated aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) are markers of vascular age, and carotid plaques are a marker of early atherosclerosis. In this cross-s... ...