Little is known of the in vivo structural changes of large arteries in uncomplicated hypertension. Therefore, we measured the intima-media thickness and lumen diameter of common carotid and femoral arteries by a computerized ultrasonographic technique in 25 normotensive and 25 never treated hypertensive men of similar age (from 25 to 72 years). The intraobserver variability of carotid and femor...

laboratories that have sought to use the anatomical and pathological rationale that I have suggested above should drive the carotid intima–media thickness protocol, I believe the use of the composite measure would be strongly confirmed. Finally, when considering what segments should be studied in evaluating the effectiveness of a drug in retarding the progression of carotid intima–media thickne...

BACKGROUND Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is a non invasive marker of subclinical atherosclerosis. Hyperglycemia, oxidatively modified atherogenic lipoproteins and advanced glycation end products are linked to increased oxidative stress in diabetes. We aimed to find out the relation between carotid intima media thickness in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents and plasma nitric oxide...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous ultrasound-based studies have shown an association between carotid artery atherosclerosis and dementia. Our aim was to investigate this association using postmortem examination. METHODS Postmortem morphometric measurements of carotid stenosis and intima-media thickness were performed in individuals with dementia (n=112) and control subjects (n=577). Multivariat...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE High-resolution ultrasonographic imaging is a noninvasive method that allows estimation of the thickness of the intima-media complex in human carotid arteries. The determination of intima-media thickness involves several steps, each of which may introduce an error that influences the reproducibility of the method. In the present study, apart from the general reproducibili...

purpose: to compare ipsilateral and contralateral carotid wall thickness in patients with acute unilateral non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (naion). methods: this prospective case series included 17 (10 male and 7 female) patients with unilateral naion of less than 8 weeks' duration who underwent b-mode ultrasonography to measure intima-media thickness (imt) in the common c...

In this paper presents identification of intima media thickness (IMT) in common carotid Artery ultrasound video sequence. It is fully using automatic segmentation, these are based on unsupervised manner. The aim of this study introduces a novel unsupervised Computer Aided Detection (CAD) Algorithm that is able to identify and measure the IMT in 2D ultrasound carotid images. The developed techni...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Carotid intima-media thickness and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy are 2 subclinical cardiovascular disease measures associated with increased risk of total and ischemic strokes. Increased intima-media thickness and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy also may reflect end-organ hypertensive effects. Information is scant on the associations ...

background patients with systemic lupus erythematous (sle) are more prone to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases due to atherosclerosis and consequently death. objectives the aim of this study was to explore a possible relationship between the intima media thickness (imt) of carotid arteries and the levels of c-reactive protein (crp) in sle patients. patients and methods: sixty sle pati...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hypertension promotes carotid intima-media thickening. We reviewed the randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effects of an antihypertensive drug versus placebo or another antihypertensive agent of a different class on carotid intima-media thickness. METHODS We searched the PubMed and the Web of Science databases for randomized clinical trials, published in Eng...