With the advent of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) the diagnosis of carotid artery disease has clearly become a polymodal process, one that can be done by several methods. Twentyfive years ago x-ray arteriography (XRA) was the only practical test for carotid stenosis, and it was performed primarily by direct carotid puncture. Today not only can we also assess the carotid artery using nonin...

Non Invasive assessment techniques of atherosclerosis include Pulse-wave velocity at the brachial artery, Intima media thickness (IMT) in the carotid artery, Multi (64)-slice computed tomography (MSCT) for imaging of coronary lesions, Arterial pulse wave form analysis, Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) and Computed Tomography for coronary calcium. The potentially applicable screening tools have to be ...

Primary prevention and early detection of cardiovascular disease is important, as it is the leading cause of death throughout world. Risk stratification algorithms, such as Framingham Risk Score and European Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation, that utilize a combination of various traditional risk factors have been developed to improve primary prevention. However, the accuracy of these algorit...

BACKGROUND Recent experimental and epidemiological findings suggest that some infectious agents play a role in the development and promotion of atherosclerosis. We have investigated the possible association between hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity and carotid arteriosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS In this cross-sectional cohort study, we analyzed data from subjects undergoi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We hypothesized that for the prediction or exclusion of aortic thrombi or plaques >or=4 mm, the combination of intima-media thickness (IMT) and distensibility (DC) of the common carotid arteries would be superior to the measurement of IMT alone. METHODS We prospectively included 208 stroke patients (mean age, 60 years) undergoing transesophageal echocardiography for scr...

Kontext a cíle: Některá chronická onemocnění jako hypertenze, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypercholesterolemie kuřáctví jsou již delší dobu považována za rizikové faktory vzniku stenóz karotických tepen. Zatím však nebyl publikován žádný rozsáhlejší výzkum zaměřený na otázku zúžení tepen u různých etnických skupin. Cílem této studie je zhodnotit tento jev paci...

background: common carotid arterial stiffness can be assessed during carotid arterial ultrasonography, but its association with brachial stiffness, a well-defined cardiovascular risk factor, has not been clarified. the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between common carotid artery and brachial artery stiffness. methods: the static pressure-strain elastic modulus of the common c...