%0 Journal Article
%T Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Opium Dependents: A Case-Control Study
%A Akbar Hamziee-Moghadam
%A Ali Arabpour-Fathabadi
%A Farhad Iranmanesh
%A Forugh Mohammadi
%J Archive of "Addiction & Health".
%D 2018
%R 10.22122/ahj.v10i2.555
%X There is still no consensus among researchers on the impact of opium dependency on cerebrovascular stenosis. Some studies suggest that opium may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke. This study compared carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and cerebrovascular reactivity between opium-dependent and healthy people
%K Opium
%K Intima-media thickness
%K Cerebrovascular diseases
%K Stroke
%K Transcranial Doppler sonography
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6494989/