Clinical use of carotid intima-media thickness: review of the literature

RT Hurst, DWC Ng, C Kendall, B Khandheria - Journal of the American …, 2007 - Elsevier
… Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a simple and … Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)
is a simple and … measure of the thickness of the intima and media layer of the carotid artery …

[HTML][HTML] Subclinical atherosclerosis among young and middle-aged adults using carotid intima-media thickness measurements

DL Jones, VJ Rodriguez, ML Alcaide… - Southern medical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… We measured carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque via ultrasonography as
a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis and sought to identify the predictors of subclinical …

Association of obesity and visceral fat distribution with intima-media thickness of carotid arteries in middle-aged and older persons

R Kawamoto, N Ohtsuka, D Ninomiya… - Internal Medicine, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… was to examine whether or not common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), which is a …
or the accumulation of fat mass in the abdominal region in middle-aged and older persons. …

[HTML][HTML] Carotid intima-media thickness and its association with conventional risk factors in low-income adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in China

B Liu, J Ni, M Shi, L Bai, C Zhan, H Lu, Y Wu, J Tu… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is an established predictor of cardiovascular disease
and stroke. However, risk factors associated with CIMT remain unclear. Therefore, we aimed …

An echolucent carotid artery intima-media complex is a new and independent predictor of mortality in an elderly male cohort

M Wohlin, J Sundström, B Andrén, A Larsson, L Lind - Atherosclerosis, 2009 - Elsevier
… Studies have shown CRP to be a predictor of cardiovascular disease [14] and a recent large
study including carotid IMT and CRP measurements found elevated CRP in older adults to …

Predictors of carotid intima-media thickness progression in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study

HM Johnson, PS Douglas, SR Srinivasan, MG Bond… - Stroke, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
… Background and Purpose— We sought to evaluate the predictors of carotid intima-media
thickness (CIMT) progression in young adults and to determine whether they differed between …

Age-and gender-associated determinants of carotid intima-media thickness: a community-based study

TC Su, KL Chien, JS Jeng, MF Chen… - … of atherosclerosis and …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults.
… , Lee YT, Hu FB: Carotid artery intima-media thickness, carotid plaque and coronary heart …

Carotid artery intima-media thickness and cognition in cardiovascular disease

AP Haley, DE Forman, A Poppas, KF Hoth… - International journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… In this study, we examined the relationship between increased carotid artery intima-media
thickness (IMT) and neuropsychological functioning in a clinically heterogeneous sample of …

[HTML][HTML] Subclinical atherosclerosis markers of carotid intima-media thickness, carotid plaques, carotid stenosis, and mortality in community-dwelling adults

CW Yang, YC Guo, CI Li, CS Liu, CH Lin… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… and recorded atherosclerotic plaques and intimamedia complex thickness. The maximal
… The presence or absence of plaque grade was defined as the presence of the intimamedia’…

Effects of aging and sex on progression of carotid intimamedia thickness: a retrospective 6‐year follow‐up study

T Takato, N Yamada, T Ashida - Geriatrics & gerontology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: We retrospectively examined the relationship of aging, sex and risk factors to increased
carotid intimamedia thickness (IMT) over a follow‐up period of 6 years in patients with …