Sentences with phrase «known carotid artery»
People with known carotid artery disease at the time of their ultrasound test were excluded from the dataset.
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Although all the firefighters were without cardiovascular symptoms, the researchers found that two - thirds of the participants (33 of 50) had carotid plaque and / or thickening of the carotid artery greater than levels in the 75th percentile of values known to reflect risk.
Dr. Berger and his colleagues found that people diagnosed with diabetes but without known heart disease are at a very high risk for developing peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities or the carotid artery.