Cigarette smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease, stroke, aortic aneurysm, and
peripheral vascular disease. The risk is manifest both as an increased risk for thrombosis of …

Background Diabetes mellitus is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is increasingly used as a surrogate marker for …

Context Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is associated with cardiovascular risk
factors and is recognized as an important predictive measure of clinical coronary …

Objective—Recent epidemiologic and animal model data suggest that oxygenated
carotenoids are protective against early atherosclerosis. We assessed the association …

As the developed and developing nations cope up with increasing predisposition to
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) by adopting lifestyle changes the burden of coronary artery …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the risk for developing an early endothelial dysfunction based
on increased intima media thickness (IMT) and reduced flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in …

Convincing evidence shows that hepatic lipase plays a key role in remnant lipoprotein
catabolism as well as in remodeling of LDL and HDL particles. The anti or pro-atherogenic …

Abstract Background/Aim: Intima media thickness (IMT) and stiffness of the carotid arteries is
related to coronary artery disease, and chronic renal failure patients are at high risk for such …

OBJECTIVE: To examine relationship between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and
central obesity, cardiovasculary risk factors, and chronic inflammation markers in overweight …

Coronary vascular disease is one facet of a generalized disturbance of vascular function
present throughout the vascular tree. Dysfunction of the endothelium leads to thickening of …