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Correlation between carotid intimal/medial thickness and atherosclerosis: a point of view from pathology.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2010
Finn Aloke V, Kolodgie Frank D, Virmani Renu
Abstract excerpt
A widely adopted surrogate for predicting rates of cardiovascular events involves measure of carotid intimal-medial thickness (CIMT) by B mode ultrasound, a technique available since the mid 1980s. The value of this modality remains in its ability to noninvasively assess cardiovascular risk beyond traditional factors identified by the Framingham risk score, and it is among the few available techniques for...
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