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La malattia aterosclerotica ha una distribuzione ubiquitaria e le patologie cardiova-scolari, nelle loro varie manifestazioni cliniche, conservano tuttora un’alta prevalenza nella popolazione generale, rappresentando le più frequenti cause di morte in America e nei Paesi occidentali.
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Riva, M.A. (2010). Epidemiologia e fattori di rischio. In: Aterosclerosi. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1412-1_3
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