Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults

DH O'leary, JF Polak, RA Kronmal… - … England Journal of …, 1999 - Mass Medical Soc
intimamedia thickness is associated with the incidence of myocardial infarction and
stroke in adults 65 years of age or older … We also hypothesized that carotid-artery intimamedia

Intima-media thickness and regional cerebral blood flow in older adults

J Sojkova, SS Najjar, LL Beason-Held, EJ Metter… - Stroke, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
… Overall, however, in this group of older adults, we found that MAP adjustment has a limited
effect on the relationship between IMT and CBF when blood pressure is well-controlled. This …

Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with the progression of cognitive impairment in older adults

JH Moon, S Lim, JW Han, KM Kim, SH Choi, KS Park… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— We investigated the association between cardiovascular risk
factors, including carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and future risk of mild cognitive …

Carotid artery plaques, carotid intimamedia thickness, and risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause death in older adults: A 5-year prospective, community-based …

Y Zhang, X Fang, Y Hua, Z Tang, S Guan, X Wu… - …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
… in older adults. Given the unique profile of CVD and the rapid increase in stroke and CHD
in China, it is worth determining the role of CAS in the development of CVD in older adults in …

Carotid intima-media thickness in plaque-free site, carotid plaques and coronary heart disease risk prediction in older adults. The Three-City Study

M Plichart, DS Celermajer, M Zureik, C Helmer… - Atherosclerosis, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: We sought to address the respective association between carotid intima-media
thickness (IMT) in plaque-free sites and plaques with coronary heart disease (CHD) and …

Carotid intima-media thickness and cognitive function in a middle-aged and older adult community: a cross-sectional study

A Wang, G Chen, Z Su, X Liu, X Yuan, R Jiang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
… In addition, the results among middle-aged adults have been mixed. We aimed to … by carotid
intima-media thickness (CIMT) and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults from …

Compensatory increase in common carotid artery diameter: relation to blood pressure and artery intima-media thickness in older adults

JF Polak, RA Kronmal, GS Tell, DH O'Leary, PJ Savage… - Stroke, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
intima interface and the media-adventitia interface corresponds to the combined thickness
of the intima and media… -wall intima-lumen interface to the far-wall lumen-intima interface of …

The role of carotid intima-media thickness in predicting longitudinal cognitive function in an older adult cohort

DT Frazier, T Seider, BM Bettcher, WJ Mack… - Cerebrovascular …, 2015 - karger.com
… is a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease in older adults. Although age-related cognitive …
non-demented older subjects using baseline measurements of carotid intima media thickness (…

What do carotid intima-media thickness and plaque add to the prediction of stroke and cardiovascular disease risk in older adults? The cardiovascular health study

JM Gardin, TM Bartz, JF Polak, DH O'Leary… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of ultrasound carotid
intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements and risk categories of plaque help predict …

Intima-media thickness of the common carotid arteries is related to coronary atherosclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy in older adults

FM Raso, NM van Popele, MADH Schalekamp… - …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Increased intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid arteries is related to generalized
atherosclerosis and increased risk of future myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular …