Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of …

JH Stein, CE Korcarz, RT Hurst, E Lonn… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Elsevier
Continuing Medical Education Course for “Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical
Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement for …

Carotid intima-media thickness for cardiovascular risk assessment: systematic review and meta-analysis

SCH van den Oord, EJG Sijbrands, GL ten Kate… - Atherosclerosis, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: B-mode ultrasound measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)
is a widely used marker for atherosclerosis and is associated with future cardiovascular …

Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of metformin in patients with type 1 diabetes (REMOVAL): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

JR Petrie, N Chaturvedi, I Ford… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Metformin might reduce insulin requirement and improve glycaemia in patients
with type 1 diabetes, but whether it has cardiovascular benefits is unknown. We aimed to …

Effect of rosuvastatin on progression of carotid intima-media thickness in low-risk individuals with subclinical atherosclerosis: the METEOR Trial

JR Crouse, JS Raichlen, WA Riley, GW Evans… - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextAtherosclerosis is often advanced before symptoms appear and it is not clear
whether treatment is beneficial in middle-aged individuals with a low Framingham risk score …

Noninvasive assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in children and adolescents: recommendations for standard assessment for clinical research: a scientific …

EM Urbina, RV Williams, BS Alpert, RT Collins… - …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Deterioration in endothelial function and arterial stiffness are early events in the
development of cardiovascular diseases. In adults, noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis …

Effect of pioglitazone compared with glimepiride on carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial

T Mazzone, PM Meyer, SB Feinstein, MH Davidson… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextCarotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a marker of coronary atherosclerosis
and independently predicts cardiovascular events, which are increased in type 2 diabetes …

Improvement of early vascular changes and cardiovascular risk factors in obese children after a six-month exercise program

AA Meyer, G Kundt, U Lenschow… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the effect of a 6-month exercise program in
obese children on flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) …

From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient—part III: executive summary of the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Task Force report

M Naghavi, E Falk, HS Hecht, MJ Jamieson… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Screening for early-stage asymptomatic cancers (eg, cancers of breast and colon) to prevent
late-stage malignancies has been widely accepted. However, although atherosclerotic …

Reference intervals for common carotid intima-media thickness measured with echotracking: relation with risk factors

L Engelen, I Ferreira, CD Stehouwer… - European heart …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Aims Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCIMT) is widely used as a surrogate
marker of atherosclerosis, given its predictive association with cardiovascular disease …

Assessing the role of circulating, genetic, and imaging biomarkers in cardiovascular risk prediction

TJ Wang - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
The use of biomarkers to augment traditional cardiovas-cular risk prediction has attracted
considerable attention in the past decade. This interest has been fueled by the realization …