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Are Any Changes in Carotid Intima–Media Thickness Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Among Adult Bantu Central African Hypertensive Patients from Monkole and Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospitals?

20221 citationOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

Abstract

There is an urgent need to control inflammation, impaired renal function, cardiac rhythm, peripheral obesity, longer duration of hypertension management, and stress, which are emerging as specific novel determinants of the subclinical atherosclerosis for those Bantu Central African hypertensive patients.

Research topics

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

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DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s366339

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