Adeseye A Akintunde Author
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echocardiographic correlates., Cardiovascular Burden
Akintunde AA is a Clinical Cardiologist/Research Fellow and a Senior Lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,
Dr Akintunde AA is a Clinical Cardiologist/Research Fellow and a Senior Lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. His main research interests are risk stratification and therapy of hypertension, heart failure and sleep apnoea in cardiovascular disease .
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Author(s): Adeseye A Akintunde, Ademola A Aremu, Phillip B Adebayo, Luqman O Kareem, Aminat K Bakare, Sebastine O Oiwoh, Morenike O Audu and Oladimeji G Opadijo
Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Surrogate Marker of Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Burden in Hypertensive Subjects: Relevance and Implications
The availability of surrogate markers of severity of atherosclerosis is essential to monitor and prevent cardiovascular morbidity associated with atherosclerosis. Carotid intima media thickness (c-IMT)) is a marker of atherosclerosis. We aimed to compare the c-IMT of hypertensive subjects with their normotensive counterparts and associated demographic and echocardiographic correlates.
... view more»DOI: 10.4172/lpma.1000108