Risk equations based on cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) have constituted the
cornerstone of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification for decades. However …

Background: Detection of subclinical atherosclerosis improves risk prediction beyond
cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and risk scores, but quantification of plaque burden may …

Early efforts to quantify atherosclerosis by ultrasound began in the mid-1980s with
measurement of intima-media thickness (IMT), first in monkeys (1) and then in human …

The quest to noninvasively identify vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques that pose an
increased risk of heart attack and stroke may have gained another tool in magnetic …

Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) may be measured by ultrasound, where the distance
between a double-line reflex pattern representing the luminal-intimal and the …

Background Carotid artery plaques are associated with coronary artery atherosclerotic
lesions. We evaluated various ultrasound definitions of carotid artery plaque as predictors of …

Imaging-based assessment of atherosclerosis to predict incident cardiovascular disease
(CVD) instead of a risk factor–based approach has been proposed as a way to implement …

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measured by ultrasound has shown value for the
prediction and assessment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent advances in …

It is widely accepted that plaque rupture is the basis of most acute coronary events and that
the plaques vulnerable to rupture demonstrate distinct morphological signatures that can be …

Background Studies have indicated that the presence and size of subclinical atherosclerotic
plaques improve the prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events (ASCVE) over and …