BACKGROUND Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have increased risk for atherosclerosis. The cause of increased cardiovascular risk is not fully understood. Chronic inflammatory process may predispose to atherosclerosis. We aimed primarily to investigate subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with IBD, by measuring carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), carotid intima media thick...

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been shown to predict cardiovascular (CV) risk in multiple large studies. Careful evaluation of CIMT studies reveals discrepancies in the comprehensiveness with which CIMT is assessed-the number of carotid segments evaluated (common carotid artery [CCA], internal carotid artery [ICA], or the carotid bulb), the type of measurements made (mean or maximum ...

Carotid Imaging is the Gold Standard that provides useful information about the structure and function of carotid arteries. It is used to measure carotid intima-media thickness and provides useful information about the cardiovascular status of an individual so that early preventive measures for any future risk can be introduced. High resolution B-mode ultrasound imaging has emerged as one of th...

Background: Radiation injury to the carotid arteries, with resultant stenosis and stroke, is a well-known long-term sequel for cervical radiotherapy (RT), the objective of the present study is to determine whether irradiation is an independent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis and propose guidelines for patients follow-up. Design: A retrospective case control study. Patients and Methods: ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Converting enzyme inhibition and calcium blockade alter large arteries in hypertension. However, the heterogeneity of the response according to the site of cardiovascular measurements has never been investigated. METHODS In a double-blind study, we compared for 180 days 3 hypertensive patient groups treated with verapamil, trandolapril, or their combination. Using echo-...

A large body of evidence links antagonism-related traits with cardiovascular outcomes, but less is known about how psychological traits are associated with intermediate markers of cardiovascular disease. Using a large, community-based sample from Sardinia, Italy (n=5614), this study examined how trait antagonism (low agreeableness) and its facets are associated with carotid artery intima-media ...

abstract  introduction: hypertension is a very common cardiovascular disease with extensive effects on body organs. this study was conducted to compare the extent of target organ damage in hypertensive patients with and without significant nocturnal fall in blood pressure (dippers and non-dippers, respectively). methods: one-hundred patients with recently diagnosed hypertension underwent 24-hou...

The aim of this study was to correlate carotid black blood MRI based measurements with those obtained by ultrasound intima-media thickness (IMT). Seventeen patients with intermediate to high Framingham cardiovascular risk score underwent both carotid ultrasound and rapid extended coverage double inversion recovery black blood carotid MRI. Overall, there was good correlation between wall area, w...

OBJECTIVE To compare coronary artery calcium (CAC) progression between 2 treatment groups, pioglitazone versus glimepiride. METHODS AND RESULTS The CHICAGO (Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Atherosclerosis Using Pioglitazone) study demonstrated that pioglitazone significantly decreased carotid intima-media thickness progression compared with glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes melli...