OBJECTIVES: In pediatric cardiovascular health prevention non-invasive diagnostics of
subclinical atherosclerosis is essential for screenings and interventional purposes …

Objectives: Early identification of children at risk of atherosclerosis is of paramount
importance for implementing primary preventive measures addressing vascular health …

Background Higher carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) is associated with cardiovascular
risk factors and is predictive of coronary artery disease and stroke in older adults. Carotid …

Atherosclerosis causing cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the
developed world. Early precursors of vascular changes–subclinical atherosclerosis–warrant …

Atherosclerosis, beginning in childhood, is dependent on several risk factors and may be
predictive of coronary artery disease in adulthood. The risk factors for subclinical …

To investigate relationships between carotid arterial intima-media thickness (IMT) and age in
childhood, we performed high-resolution carotid arterial ultrasonography in 60 healthy …

Objective Subclinical atherosclerosis can be assessed via sonographic measurement of
intima-media thickness and carotid artery distensibility, both may already be pathologically …

Background: The increased carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) correlates with the
presence of atherosclerosis in adults and describes vascular abnormalities in both …

Background/objective: Increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is an early
manifestation of atherosclerosis. Our group has previously demonstrated that a parental …

Obejective: Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents contribute to the
development of overweight and obesity in adulthood and subsequent cardiovascular …