Imaging of atherosclerosis: carotid intima-media thickness

Correlation of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness with Atherosclerosis in Diabetes

B-mode ultrasound of Common Carotid artery at its bifurcation for measure of the Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), offers a valid non-invasive quantifying test for macro-vascular complications like atherosclerosis. Material and Methods: 50 cases of type 2 Diabetes and 30 age and sex matched Non-diabetics controls were taken for present study and subjected to Ultra-sonographic scanning of t...

Carotid intima-media thickness as a biomarker of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Intima-media thickness of the carotid artery (CIMT) and its increase is associated with several cardiovascular risk factors and manifest cardiovascular diseases. CIMT is suggested to be an important biomarker of subclinical atherosclerosis. CIMT is measured in B-mode ultrasound images of the carotid tree as a typical double line of the arterial wall. CIMT is best visible in the measurement segm...

Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Lower Extremity Arterial Atherosclerosis

High-resolution B-mode ultrasonography of the carotid arteries is used to investigate the signs of early atherosclerotic vessel wall disease. To assess whether carotid artery findings reflect atherosclerosis elsewhere, we studied the association between common carotid intima-media thickness and lower extremity arterial atherosclerosis among the first 1000 participants of the Rotterdam Study. Th...

The relationship between carotid intima–media thickness and global atherosclerosis

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between (i) carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) at baseline as well as (ii) change in CIMT over 5 years (ΔCIMT) and atherosclerotically induced luminal narrowing in non-coronary arterial territories assessed by whole-body magnetic resonance angiography (WBMRA). METHODS AND RESULTS In subgroups of the Prospective Investigat...

The BCAR1 Locus in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Atherosclerosis