Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness Measured by Ultrasonography in Normal Clinical Practice Correlates Well With Atherosclerosis Risk Factors

Baldassarre, Damiano; Amato, Mauro; Bondioli, A; R. Sirtori, Cesare; Tremoli, Elena

doi:10.1161/01.str.31.10.2426

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Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness Measured by Ultrasonography in Normal Clinical Practice Correlates Well With Atherosclerosis Risk Factors

Published in Stroke • Oct 1, 2000

Authors:

Damiano Baldassarre

Mauro Amato

A Bondioli

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The intima-media thickness (IMT) of extracranial carotid arteries determined by B-mode ultrasound is a measurable index of the presence of atherosclerosis. The ultrasonographic scan protocol and the scan reading techniques used until now to measure IMT are, however, time cons...

Subject

Medicine

Intima-media thickness

Carotid arteries

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