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Atherosclerosis31
Ultrasound19
  • RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Participants at reexamination within the Malmö Diet and Cancer-Cardiovascular Cohort study (n = 3,734, mean age 72.5 years, 59.3% women, 10.8% subjects with diabetes, fasting GIP available for 3,342 subjects, fasting GLP-1 available for 3,299 subjects) underwent oral glucose tolerance testing and carotid ultrasound. (lu.se)
  • BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a marker of cardiovascular disease derived from ultrasound images of the carotid artery. (duke.edu)
  • Carotid artery intima-media thickness measured by ultrasound has been shown to be correlated with the presence of cardiovascular disease and is now accepted and used as a surrogate marker for atherosclerotic disease, an important organ damage of hypercholesterolemia. (eurekaselect.com)
  • Prevalence of cardiovascular risk according to the Framingham score, carotid radiofrequency ultrasound (QIMT) and presence of carotid plaques. (anaisdedermatologia.org.br)
  • The assessment of the thickness of the intima-media layer of the vessel wall, as well as detection of early plaques by ultrasound, is non-invasive and is the most sensitive, reliable, and safe method to detect those at risk. (elsevierpure.com)
  • METHODS: Carotid B-mode ultrasound was used to image the common and internal carotid arteries, at baseline and at 12 months after enrollment. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Methods and Results Carotid artery ultrasound measurements of cIMT and carotid artery plaque burden (derived from plaque number and maximum size) and measurements of body size, including height, body mass index, weight, body fat proportion, and lean body mass ([1-body fat proportion]×weight), were recorded in 25 020 participants from 10 regions of China. (richarddollconsortium.org)
  • The assessment of carotid plaque and CIMT with high-resolution brightness-mode (B-mode) ultrasound requires great precision. (thoracickey.com)
  • Ultrasound Evaluation of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness: Effective Early Marker of Carotid Artery Disease in Adult Head and Neck Cancer Patients After Neck Radiation? (advancedpractitioner.com)
  • This integrative literature review assesses the use of ultrasound measured carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) as an early marker of CAD in adult HNC patients after neck radiation. (advancedpractitioner.com)
  • Carotid IMT, measured by ultrasound, was significantly increased after neck radiation in all reviewed publications. (advancedpractitioner.com)
  • Ultrasound adequately detects post-radiation carotid IMT changes and is a reliable early marker for radiation-associated CAD. (advancedpractitioner.com)
  • Carotid ultrasound precisely quantifies the combined thickness of the intimal and medial layers of the arterial wall. (wewell.com.hk)
  • Methods and results: Carotid plaque presence and intima media thickness (IMT) were measured with ultrasound. (lu.se)
  • Conclusion: Carotid ultrasound adds predictive performance to SCORE2 for assessment of CVD risk. (lu.se)
  • CONCLUSIONS Functional and morphologic changes of the carotid arteries detected by carotid ultrasound, such as changes in global circumferential strain at 6 months and carotid IMT at 18 months, may be useful for the early detection of radiation-induced carotid artery injury, can guide future research aiming to mitigate carotid artery stenosis, and should be considered for clinical surveillance survivorship recommendations after head and neck RT. (medrxiv.org)
  • At a baseline study visit, participants will undergo an ultrasound of the neck to evaluate carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and MRI to evaluate plaque composition. (druglib.com)
  • iii) carotid B mode ultrasound. (bvsalud.org)
  • [ 10 ] In diet controlled adults with T2DM, those with NAFLD (by ultrasound) had greater carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT) explained by insulin resistance index rather than liver fat. (medscape.com)
CIMT9
  • The intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT) is an important parameter for early atherosclerotic change. (banglajol.info)
  • The aim of our study was to determine whether carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT) and carotidfemoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV), as surrogates of cardiovascular disease and arterial stiffness, are increased in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. (erdogan.edu.tr)
  • Methods and results: The study population, including 548 children (aged 6-16 years), of whom 157 were normal-weight, 118 overweight, and 273 obese, had anthropometric, laboratory, liver and carotid ultrasonography (carotid artery intima-media thickness-cIMT) data collected. (uniroma1.it)
  • This study aimed to evaluate diagnostic value of CIMT (carotid artery intima-media thickness) and ABCD2 score for predicting cardiovascular events in long-term follow up after transient ischemic attack.Patients & methods:60 patients with transient neurologic deficits who were admitted in the emergency ward, Alzahra hospital, Isfahan, Iran from March 2013 to August 2013 were studied prospectively. (ac.ir)
  • We sought to evaluate the impact of ER-niacin on carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), endothelial function, and endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) mobilization. (elsevierpure.com)
  • A recent study, largely focused on image interpretation, demonstrated low interobserver variability in the offline measurement of CIMT and carotid plaque identification between a core lab and newly trained clinicians. (thoracickey.com)
  • This study aims to evaluate diagnostic value of carotid artery intima‑media thickness (CIMT) and ABCD2 score for predicting cardiovascular events in long‑term follow‑up after TIA. (ac.ir)
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between vascular endothelial functions, carotid intimamedia thickness (cIMT), plasma sCD40L levels and circadian BP profile in patients with essential hypertension. (comu.edu.tr)
  • METHODS: A systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA statement of the English literature involving WRS and carotid artery intima media thickness (CIMT). (cdc.gov)
Arteries10
  • All subjects underwent cardiovascular risk factor assessment including fasting homocysteine levels assay, and high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography to measure IMT of common carotid arteries, 6 months after renal transplant. (bmj.com)
  • HHC was associated with increased measures of IMT of common carotid arteries but more studies will be necessary to confirm its role. (bmj.com)
  • Afterwards, the patients were evaluated for increased cardiovascular risk with the Framingham score and for the quantitative intima media thickness of the carotid arteries. (anaisdedermatologia.org.br)
  • Duplex ultrasonography of both carotid arteries was performed on all subjects, usually on the day of presentation. (ac.ir)
  • Duplex ultrasonography of internal carotid arteries was performed. (ac.ir)
  • In men in the post-World War II birth cohort, that is, men aged 40 to 49 years, whites in the United States had significantly higher levels of intima-media thickness of the carotid arteries (IMT) than the Japanese in Japan (Electron-Beam Tomography and Risk Assessment Among Japanese and US Men in the Post World War II Birth Cohort [ERA JUMP] study). (elsevierpure.com)
  • To assess the carotid and brachial arteries' intima-media thicknesses (IMTs) in cases with intermittent (obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)) and continuous (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)) hypoxaemia together with other confounding demographic and biochemical factors. (uwi.edu)
  • INTRODUCTION We prospectively evaluated morphologic and functional changes in the carotid arteries of patients treated with unilateral neck radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer. (medrxiv.org)
  • This marker measures the thickness of the wall of the carotid arteries and can predict the possibility of developing cardiovascular diseases later on in life. (lu.se)
  • When the carotid arteries are involved, it can cause stroke - a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) - that can be ischemic or hemorrhagic 1 . (bvsalud.org)
Abstract1
  • ABSTRACT This study investigated whether breast arterial calcification (BAC) has an association with coronary artery diseases (CAD) in young premenopausal women and evaluated the association of BAC with carotid intima-media thickness and standard CAD risk factors. (who.int)
Measurements2
  • Manual tracing IMT (mt-IMT) and edge-detected IMT (ed-IMT) measurements of the far wall of the common carotid artery served as outcome variables for multivariable linear regression models using Framingham cardiovascular risk factors and ethnicity as independent predictors. (duke.edu)
  • Sub-Study: VEGF and Cardiometabolic Risk, (This is an observational, case-study of existing baseline plasma and carotid intimal-medial thickness measurements) VEGF is also closely linked to vascular disease. (druglib.com)
Plaque9
  • We hypothesized that statins might affect the GH-concentration and measured the fasting levels of GH with a high-sensitivity assay (hs-GH) in a completed randomized controlled trial, originally designed to compare the effects of low-dose β-blockade and fluvastatin on the progression of carotid IMT during 36 months of treatment in subjects who had carotid plaque but no symptoms of carotid disease [ 17 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Carotid Intima-Media Thickness but Not Carotid Artery Plaque in Healthy Individuals Is Linked to Lean Body Mass. (richarddollconsortium.org)
  • 4 mmol/L. Among these 6617 participants, 86% were women (because most men smoked) and 9% had carotid artery plaque. (richarddollconsortium.org)
  • The purpose of this prospective study was to develop a robust training protocol in intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque image acquisition for a medical resident (R1) and then to test this protocol prospectively by comparing IMT values and plaque presence from images obtained by R1 with those of an expert scanner and to develop refinement in training protocol prospectively after reviewing initial results. (thoracickey.com)
  • The incremental value for predicting CVD events of adding carotid plaque or IMT to SCORE2 was evaluated using C-statistics, continuous net. (lu.se)
  • The predicted 10-year CVD risk by SCORE2 and the observed event rate were compared between participants with and without carotid plaque. (lu.se)
  • 0.0001) while under-predicted the risk in those with carotid plaque (9.69% observed vs. 8.12% predicted, P = 0.043). (lu.se)
  • SCORE2 over-predicted the 10-year cardiovascular risk in those without carotid plaque while under-predicted the risk in those with carotid plaque. (lu.se)
  • The formation of atheromatous plaques in the carotid artery - also called calcified carotid atheromatous plaques (CCAP) - is not a simple and inevitable degenerative process resulting from advanced age, but rather a chronic inflammatory disease that can develop into an acute clinical condition owing to plaque rupture, rendering the patient susceptible to thromboembolism or stroke 2 . (bvsalud.org)
Cardiovascular events4
  • The goal of this study was to compare the performance of several measures of carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) as predictors of cardiovascular events (CVEs), and to investigate whether they add to the predictive accuracy of Framingham risk factors (FRFs). (nih.gov)
  • Carotid ultrasonography was used to assess the IMT, as a fast and easy tool for the prediction of cardiovascular events in patients with RA. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • Effectiveness of carotid artery intima-media thickness in predicting cardiovascular events in long-t. (ac.ir)
  • Predicting Long‑Term Cardiovascular Events after Transient Ischemic Attacks: Carotid Artery Intima‑Media Thickness or ABCD2 Score or Both? (ac.ir)
Assessment2
Lipid3
  • This last effect represents one of the most important targets of lipid-lowering drugs, in particular, carotid intima-media thickness, and an early-onset of atherosclerotic process. (eurekaselect.com)
  • Objective To determine IMT of carotid artery and its relationship with duration of diabetes, lipid profiles, and mean HbA 1 level. (ui.ac.id)
  • Baseline testing includes carotid artery intimal-medial thickness, carotid MRI, lipid panel, complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic chemistry panel, Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and glucose tolerance test with plasma insulin and glucose responses. (druglib.com)
Evaluation1
  • Evaluation of carotid intima-media thick. (ogu.edu.tr)
Marker1
  • Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is associated with cardivascular risk factors and has been used as a marker of early artherosclerosis process. (ui.ac.id)
Measurement1
  • A measurement of the thickness of the carotid artery walls. (bvsalud.org)
Carotidienne1
  • RÉSUMÉ Cette étude a cherché à déterminer si la calcification des artères mammaires (CAM) avait un lien avec les coronaropathies chez la femme préménopausée et à évaluer son association à l'épaisseur intima-média carotidienne et aux facteurs de risque de coronaropathie courants. (who.int)
Left ventricular1
  • Background Lean body mass has been identified as a key determinant of left ventricular mass and wall thickness. (richarddollconsortium.org)
Patients7
  • To compare increased cardiovascular risk in psoriasis patients receiving two types of treatments: Methotrexate and tumor necrosis factor inhibitor and to evaluate the correlation between the Framingham score and quantitative intima media thickness. (anaisdedermatologia.org.br)
  • Les antécédents et les examens cliniques de 752 patients consultant dans un centre de recherche sur l'endocrinologie et le métabolisme ont été consignés et des analyses en laboratoire ont été réalisées. (who.int)
  • La greffe rénale n?est pas encore pratiquée en RDC, ce qui oblige les patients à se faire opérer à l?étranger. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nous avons colligé les dossiers des patients qui ont bénéficié d?une greffe rénale à l?étranger (86% en Inde) et dont le suivi post-greffe a été effectué dans les hôpitaux de Kinshasa entre 2000 et 2017. (bvsalud.org)
  • 0nze patients (38%) ont été repris en dialyse. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nonobstant un faible échantillonnage, ces donnent révèlent une moins bonne survie des greffons après la transplantation rénale chez les patients suivis à Kinshasa, notamment lorsque la prise en charge n?est pas faite en milieu spécialisé. (bvsalud.org)
  • To assess the prevalence of increase carotid Intima-media thickness and associated risk factors in hypertensive patients. (bvsalud.org)
Evaluate2
  • To evaluate carotid intima-media thickness and thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor levels in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and age-matched healthy controls, and to investigate their relationship with each other and with clinical, metabolic, and hormonal parameters. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • To evaluate the sensitivity and accuracy of panoramic radiography in identifying calcified carotid atheroma, and compare the results to those obtained with color Doppler examination. (bvsalud.org)
Wall thickness1
  • A functional polymorphism in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene is associated with carotid artery wall thickness: the Diabetes Heart Study. (cdc.gov)
Baseline data1
  • We aimed to analyze the association between SCH and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). (nih.gov)
Bulb2
  • In MDC-CC fasting values of GH exhibited a positive cross-sectional relation to the IMT at the carotid bulb independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors ( p = 0.002). (biomedcentral.com)
  • We here demonstrate that higher fasting levels of GH are associated with thicker IMT in the carotid bulb in males. (biomedcentral.com)
Epidemiology1
  • The Malmö Diet and Cancer study - cardiovascular cohort (MDC-CC) is a prospective cohort examined 1991-96 with the aim to study the epidemiology of carotid artery disease. (biomedcentral.com)
Significantly1
  • Carotid intima-media thickness did not significantly differ between the groups. (unboundmedicine.com)
Hypertensive1
  • Negative feelings (discontent) predict progress of intima-media thickness of the commom carotid artery in treated hypertensive men at high cardiovascular risk. (bvsalud.org)
Clinical1
  • cysts to various disinfecting solu- poorly or not at all on media used routinely for detecting tions (29-31) complicates the eradication of free-living human pathogens from clinical samples, could be the caus- amoebae. (cdc.gov)
Polymorphism1
  • n=770]) for single-nucleotide polymorphism rs501120 at the 10q11.21 locus and conducted a meta-analysis in these cohorts to ascertain a relationship between the polymorphism and carotid IMT. (ox.ac.uk)
Effectiveness1
Study3
  • Since the relationship between fasting hs-GH and carotid IMT has not been previously described we also used a population based prospective cohort, the Malmö Diet and Cancer study cardiovascular cohort (MDC-CC), to study these variables. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to examine the potential pathways linking intima-media thickness, smoking, body mass index (BMI), and HR stress reactivity. (birmingham.ac.uk)
  • However, this study could not find any conclusive link between sugar consumption and intima media thickness. (lu.se)
Disease2
  • Early identification of radiation-associated carotid artery disease (CAD), a well-known phenomenon, can minimize long-term sequelae. (advancedpractitioner.com)
  • 12] Screening should commence at 2 years trial, small very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), small high- of age if there is a family history of hypercholesterolaemia, early density lipoprotein (HDL), medium low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cardiovascular disease or if the family history is unknown. (who.int)
Image acquisition1
  • Harmonization of carotid image acquisition and analysis is needed for the comparison of the IMT results obtained from epidemiological and interventional studies around the world. (karger.com)
Ionizing radiation1
  • Carotid echocardiogram is a non-invasive examination without exposure to ionizing radiation. (wewell.com.hk)
Peripheral1
  • History and physical examination, peripheral venous blood sampling, carotid ultrasonography. (unboundmedicine.com)
Laboratory1
  • Carotid intima-media thickness examination and laboratory tests. (who.int)
Risk3
Examination1
  • Although a low correlation between PRJ and color Doppler examination was observed, as shown by the kappa test, the sensitivity of PRJ in identifying calcified carotid atheroma was considered acceptable. (bvsalud.org)
Acute2
  • The acute anti-inflammatory effects of statins should further be explored as a potential mediator of change in intima-media thickness. (eurekaselect.com)
  • This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Diminished heart rate reactivity to acute psychological stress is associated with enhanced carotid intima-media thickness through adverse health behaviors, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/psyp.12640. (birmingham.ac.uk)