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

Increased intima–media thickness (IMT) is a non-invasive marker of early arterial wall
alteration, which is easily assessed in the carotid artery by B-mode ultrasound, and more …

Abstract The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was initiated in July 2000 to investigate
the prevalence, correlates, and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a …

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 …

Background—Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements are currently widely
used in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to study the efficacy of interventions. In …

The Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study, an
observational follow-up of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) type 1 …

Aims Measurement of change in carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been proposed
as an alternative for the occurrence of cardiovascular (CV) events in the assessment of …

Pignoli et al1 validated the concept that intima-media thickness (IMT), as measured by B-
mode ultrasound and applied either in vitro or in situ at the time of autopsy, reflected direct …

The measurement of intima-media thickness (IMT) of large superficial arteries, especially the
carotid, using high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography has emerged as one of the methods …

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate endothelial function and common
carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in healthy young men with mild-to-moderate …