Scholarship 14/06504-3 - Traumatismos da medula espinal, Artérias carótidas

Grant number:	14/06504-3
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Effective date (Start):	February 01, 2015
Effective date (End):	December 31, 2015
Field of knowledge:	Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics

Principal Investigator:	José Roberto Matos Souza
Grantee:	Luiz Guilherme Thomaz Zacharias

Host Institution:	Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract Individuals with spinal Cord injury show a higher risk for cardiovascular events in comparison with able-bodied individuals, independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Previous study has been shown that intima-media carotida thickness is increased in individuals with spinal cord injury. Now this study aims distinguish which one (intima or media) is really increased. Commom carotid artery ultrasonography will be performed with the measurement of intima and media in three different points in these two groups (spinal cord injury individuals e able-bodied individuals).

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