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- Title
Coronary Intimal Thickening Begins in Fetuses: Proof of Concept for the "Fetal Origins of Adult Disease" Hypothesis.
- Authors
Briana, Despina D.; Malamitsi-Puchner, Ariadne
- Abstract
The article offers information related to the coronary arteries of 63 hearts obtained from fetuses. Topics include coronary intimal thickening has found in 10% of fetuses, a third of the infants, 73.3% of the children and all the adolescents; and coronary intimal thickening indeed begins in utero and progresses in infancy and childhood.
- Subjects
CORONARY heart disease prevention; CORONARY heart disease risk factors; HYPERTENSION risk factors; STROKE risk factors; AUTOPSY; BIOMARKERS; BIRTH size; LOW birth weight; CORONARY arteries; CORONARY disease; DIET; EXERCISE; GESTATIONAL age; INFANT mortality; RISK assessment; DISEASE progression; ADOLESCENCE; ADULTS; CHILDREN; FETUS
- Publication
Angiology, 2020, Vol 71, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
0003-3197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0003319719857384