… carotid artery calcium and incident CHD. Although plaques located in the carotid arteries
do not cause CHD events, atherosclerosis within the carotid arteries is associated with …

… carotid artery plaques remain largely unexplored. Acoustic shadowing (AS) on B-mode
ultrasound is … Therefore, the strength of the carotid lesion association with coronary heart disease …

… CHD between the baseline and second ARIC exams was defined based on the occurrence
of a validated myocardial infarction (fatal, non-fatal or silent), a fatal CHD event, … to predict the …

… , carotid ultrasonography, or ABI can predict CVD events in … has shown carotid IMT measured
by B-mode ultrasound to be … that carotid IMT and carotid plaque with acoustic shadowing …

… to the use of CIMT and plaque information in CHD risk prediction. … measurement of arterial
wall thickness with the B-mode real-time … in women with plaques that had acoustic shadowing …

… Screening by B-mode carotid artery ultrasonography was … the Framingham CHD risk factors
for predicting CHD risk. … vascular adventitia with no acoustic shadow (hypoechoic area > 80…

… We did this as the ACRS represents the best model to predict CHD risk in the ARIC study,
whereas the FRS model is the model most used clinically. In secondary analysis, we also …

… Grayscale B-mode ultrasound can characterize carotid … and if these plaque features
can predict future CHD and stroke/… units and do not have acoustic shadowing [17] (Supplementary …

… -C] <40 mg/dL, family history of CHD in a male first-degree relative <55 … of each carotid
artery.16, 17 The common carotid artery segment … In this study, carotid plaque predicted advanced …

… and left common carotid, internal carotid artery, and bifurcation … Because calcium acoustic
shadowing in the target lesion … To evaluate whether carotid IMT might predict the severity and …