Impact of Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Elasticity

Lili Niu; Yanling Zhang; Ming Qian; Long Meng; Yang Xiao; Yuanyuan Wang; Xin Liu; Rongqin Zheng; Hairong Zheng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067809

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Impact of Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Elasticity

Lili Niu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lili Niu, Yanling Zhang

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Yanling Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lili Niu, Yanling Zhang

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Third affiliated hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Ming Qian,

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Long Meng,

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Yang Xiao,

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Yuanyuan Wang,

Affiliation Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Xin Liu,

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Rongqin Zheng ,

* E-mail: hr.zheng@siat.ac.cn (HZ); zhengrongqin@hotmail.com (RZ)

Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Third affiliated hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Hairong Zheng

* E-mail: hr.zheng@siat.ac.cn (HZ); zhengrongqin@hotmail.com (RZ)

Affiliation Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Impact of Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Elasticity

Lili Niu,
Yanling Zhang,
Ming Qian,
Long Meng,
Yang Xiao,
Yuanyuan Wang,
Xin Liu,
Rongqin Zheng,
Hairong Zheng

Published: July 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067809

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