Ultrasonographic backscatter of the carotid artery wall in patients with HIV infection: A pilot study

@article{Giannattasio2010UltrasonographicBO,
  title={Ultrasonographic backscatter of the carotid artery wall in patients with HIV infection: A pilot study},
  author={Cristina Giannattasio and Monica Failla and Nicola Squillace and Alberto Dolara and Francesca Cesana and Francesca Sabbatini and Alessandra Bandera and Rita Facchetti and Dario Dozio and Andrea Gori and Giuseppe Mancia},
  journal={Blood Pressure},
  year={2010},
  volume={19},
  pages={344 - 350},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:207471886}
}
Classic risk factors greatly affect cIMT than time of HIV infection, duration of antiretroviral therapy exposure and use of protease inhibitors, and IBS is a promising technique for the evaluation of arterial wall composition in HIV patients.
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