OBJECTIVE The purpose of this report is to describe an automatic real-time system for evaluation of the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) characterized by 3 main features: minimal interobserver and intraobserver variability, real-time capabilities, and great robustness against noise. METHODS One hundred fifty carotid B-mode ultrasound images were used to validate the system. Two skilled o...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether or not highly active antiretroviral therapy is associated with carotid artery stiffness in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in Henan Province, China. METHOD Fifty human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with at least a 5-year history of highly active antiretroviral therapy use and 50 human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients without a hi...

Aim This study was intended to explore the effect of various drugs used to treat fatty liver on intimal-media thickness in patients with NAFLD. Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an indicator of a broad spectrum of pathologic disorders, which is characterized with macro vesicular steatosis in the absent of alcohol use. It has a wide range of laboratory, clinical and pathol...

Atherosclerosis is a condition where the arteries become narrowed and hardened because of excessive build up of fatty substances called plaques around the artery wall. The disease disrupts the flow of blood around the body resulting in serious cardiovascular complications. The Intima Media thickness (IMT) is used as a validated measure for the evaluation of atherosclerosis. Manual assessment of...

BACKGROUND Carotid arterial intima-media thickness is used as a noninvasive surrogate end point to measure progression of atherosclerosis, but its relation to coronary events has not been fully explored. OBJECTIVE To determine whether carotid arterial intima-media thickness predicts coronary events. DESIGN Long-term follow-up (average, 8.8 years) of a previously assembled cohort of persons ...

patients and methods this cross-sectional study included a total of 120 adult predialysis ckd patients. forty patients were allocated in each predialysis ckd group of stages 3, 4, and 5. serum ctnt and hs-crp, plasma nt-probnp, and single spot urine albumin creatinine ratio (acr) were measured. ultrasonographic examination of carotid artery was done with 7.5 mhz linear probe in b mode ultrasono...

objective: the risk of cardiac death in diabetic patients is 3 times more than non-diabetics. but it is not determined who need cardiac screening. about 41% of diabetic patients with silent ischemia are missed. the carotid intima-media thickness (cimt) and ankel brachial index are two independent,simple and non invasive method in vascular complications diagnosis in diabetic patients.the aim of ...

objective: gestational diabetes mellitus occurs during pregnancy is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. carotid intima media thickness (cimt) is a surrogate maker of subclinical atherosclerosis. the aim of this study is assessment of relationship between cimt and infra-renal abdominal aorta diameter in women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: the c...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE UK black African-Caribbean adults have higher risks of stroke than white Europeans and have been shown to have increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). We examined whether corresponding ethnic differences in cIMT were apparent in childhood and, if so, whether these could be explained by ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk markers. METHODS We conducted a 2-...