Heart disease is the primary cause of death in the United States. Fortunately, intervention
measures can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after a patient has been …

Cardiovascular risk factors have utility in risk prediction but have limitations in predicting
individual risk. Identifying an individual's risk remains a challenge. Emerging technologies …

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a simple and inexpensive tool to assess the
cumulative effect of atherosclerotic risk factors and is an independent predictor of future …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability in the United
States. Although current therapies can reduce the risk for CVD, they are only given to …

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) can be reliably determined in vivo by carotidian
ultrasound and is an accessible and reliable method to assess subclinical atherosclerosis …

Traditional coronary risk assessment is based on major cardiovascular risk factors using the
Framingham risk score. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measured by …

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measured by B-mode ultrasound is the most widely
used noninvasive imaging method to assess atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk. CIMT …

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is still the leading cause of death in the developed world,
despite the considerable progress in CV medical and surgical therapeutics. Many risk …

A widely adopted surrogate for predicting rates of cardiovascular events involves measure of
carotid intimal-medial thickness (CIMT) by B mode ultrasound, a technique available since …

Multiple studies have shown that the carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), as
measured noninvasively by ultrasonography, is directly associated with an increased risk of …