Background Conventional coronary artery disease risk factors might potentially explain at
least 90% of the attributable risk of coronary artery disease. To better understand the …

Atherosclerotic plaque detection by carotid ultrasound provides cardiovascular disease risk
stratification. The advantages and disadvantages of two-dimensional (2D) and three …

Objective: Carotid atherosclerosis is a known marker of increased cardiovascular risk. We
aimed to assess the current epidemiology of carotid atherosclerosis, carotid plaque and …

Стандартом оценки сердечно-сосудистого риска является его расчет с
использованием шкалы (стратегия высокого риска), однако большинство острых …

We compared intima–media thickness (IMT) and the prevalence of plaques in the common
carotid artery (CCA) and common femoral artery (CFA) in apparently healthy participants …

Objectives: We studied the prevalence of atherosclerosis among ischaemic stroke patients≤
60 years and controls at the time of the index stroke, and its association with occurrence of …

To disentangle genetic and environmental influences on the development of femoral
plaques using a population of adult twins. To evaluate the potential role of shared genetic …

Several innovations have saved billions of lives [1] over the years including the following: 1)
staving of hunger with the development of the synthetic fertilizer [2, 3] and the Green …

From 2010 to 2015, the three-generations Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study (NOR-SYS)
included ischaemic stroke patients aged 15-60 years, and their parents, partners and adult …

The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) assigned risk categories fail to predict risk for
cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in the majority of the population who have low and …