Carotid atherosclerosis : an ultrasonographic window for subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

• Main Author: Dalan, Rinkoo
• Other Authors: John Chambers
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Carotid; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175011
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background : The global distribution for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) has been progressively shifting away from Western countries, toward Asia. Deaths from ASCVD are also more likely to occur prematurely (<70 years of age) in Asia. We need to improve the risk stratification o...