Continuing Medical Education Course for “Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical
Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement for …

Large observational studies and atherosclerosis regression trials of lipid-modifying
pharmacotherapy have established that intima-media thickness of the carotid and femoral …

Medical Doppler ultrasound is usually utilized in the clinical adjusting to evaluate and
estimate blood flow in both the major (large) and the minor (tiny) vessels of the body. The …

Imaging modalities have been developed to assess atherosclerosis in vivo in the arterial
wall because large clinical end-point studies are time-consuming and costly. Historically, in …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In our meta‐analysis, we aimed to assess the …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate endothelium-dependent vasodilation
and carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) in children with insulin-dependent diabetes …

Ultrasonography (US) of the carotid arteries is a common imaging study performed for
diagnosis of carotid artery disease. In the United States, carotid US may be the only …

OBJECTIVE: Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) has been associated with increased carotid
intima-media thickness (IMT) in recent studies, but this relationship is controversial. The aim …

Objective. The goal of this study was to compare internal carotid artery (ICA) intima‐media
thickness (IMT) with common carotid artery (CCA) IMT as global markers of cardiovascular …

Aims Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) predicts cardiovascular (CVD) events, but the
predictive value of CIMT change is debated. We assessed the relation between CIMT …