[Prevalence and determinants of the increased carotid intima-media thickness in a population of 1203 black African hypertensive].

CONCLUSION: Increased carotid intima-media thickness is frequent in Togolese hypertension. The determining factors are age, duration of arterial hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy and stroke. The systematic measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness would better evaluate the overall cardiovascular risk for our patients.
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Source: Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie - October 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pessinaba S, Atti YDM, Afassinou YM, Pio M, Kaziga W, Géraldo R, Atta B, Kpélafia M, Simwétaré MF, Dossim P, Baragou S, Damorou F Tags: Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) Source Type: research