Carotid IMT used in research

2009

8-27-09 - Hopelessness linked to thickening of neck arteries, stroke in healthy women

8-17-09 - Monocyte Heterogeneity in obesity and subclinical atherosclerosis

2007

6/24/07 - Pomegranate Juice Consumption for 3 Years by Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis Reduces Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, and Blood Pressure

6/16/07 - Forbes - Heart Group Suggests a Lifesaving Father's Day Gift . . . an IMT Test

2006

11/13/06 - New data show ACTOS (piogliazone HCI) halted progression of atherosclerosis as indicated by CIMT

09/03/06 - Business Wire - Practicing Physician concludes that vascular ultrasound screening identifies heart disease risk among women with greater accuracy

07/17/06 - From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient - Part III: Executive summary of the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Task Force report.

07/12/06 - Prognostic utility of carotid ultrasound and cardiac SPECT imaging in coronary artery bypass patients.

07/10/06 - Bold new report calls for blanket screening of all "at-risk" men and women using CT and carotid ultrasound

07/07/06 - J Cardiovasc Med: "Scientific societies and specifically those involved in ultrasonography should promote wider recognition of the diagnostic power of ultrasonic IMT . . ."

07/01/06 - Association between fast-migrating low-density lipoprotein subfraction as characterized by capillary isotachophoresis and intima-media thickness of carotid artery

07/01/06 - Prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events by age-normalized carotid intimal medial thickness

06/20/06 - Subclinical atherosclerosis and incipient regional myocardial dysfunction in asymptomatic individuals: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

6/19/06 - Sleep apnoea inducing hypoxemia is associated with early signs of carotid atherosclerosis in males.

06/19/06 - Automated measurement of mean wall thickness in the common carotid artery by MRI: A comparison to intima-media thickness by B-mode ultrasound.

06/12/06 - Risk for transient ischemic attacks is mainly determined by intima-media thickness and carotid plaque echogenicity.

06/10/06 - Correlation between the Framingham risk score and intima media thickness: The Paroi Arterielle et Risque Cardio-vasculaire (PARC) study.

06/09/06 - LDL particle subclasses, LDL particle size, and carotid atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

06/01/06 - Prognostic utility of carotid ultrasound and cardiac SPECT imaging in coronary artery bypass patients.

05/01/06 - Endothelium-dependent vasodilation and carotid artery wall remodeling in athletes and sedentary subjects

05/05/06 - Results from ENHANCE

04/27/06 - Childhood obesity not tied to permanent IMT increase

04/25/06 - HDL-raising strategies urged for FH patients

03/20/06 - Statin effects on lipoprotein ratios under scrutiny

03/07/06 - Oxidation marker predicts early atherosclerosis

02/14/06 - ApoA5 raises carotid IMT independently of triglycerides

02/07/06 - Hypertriglyceridemia linked to vascular health in women only

 

2005

12/15/05 - SAPHIR links adiponectin with early atherosclerosis

12/15/05 - Skin cholesterol content accurately predicts sub-clinical atherosclerosis

11/25/05 - Ultrasound effectively detects sub-clinical atherosclerosis

11/21/05 - LDL receptor allele predicts cardiac risk in FH children

11/13/05 - New data from The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

11/13/05 - New data from The Bogalusa Heart Study

11/13/05 - Presence and Progression of Lesions in Carotid Arteries (PLIC) study

11/07/05 - Gender differences in CAD predictors identified

09/04/05 - The Paroi Arterielle et Risque Cardio-vasculaire (PARC) study

09/04/05 - Correlation between CCAIMT and severity of CAD

07/11/05 - ApoB lipids 'amplify non-lipid CVD risk factors

04/29/05 - Apolipoprotein polymorphism linked to raised carotid IMT

04/06/05 - Carotid IMT validated as CVD marker in statin trials

04/06/05 - TRL apoCI content 'novel independent atherosclerosis marker'

03/01/05 - OxLDL antibodies reflect advanced diabetic atherosclerosis

02/09/05 - Pravastatin has no effect of IMT in elevated UAE

 

2004

12/02/04 - Adding statins to diuretic hinders atherosclerosis progression

12/01/04 - Carotid IMT 'useful atherosclerotic gene marker'

11/10/04 - Genetic factors influence obesity in Caribbean Hispanics

11/01/04 - Apolipoprotein ratio 'powerful predictor of atherosclerosis'

10/13/04 - ApoE genotype and diabetes influence atherosclerosis risk

05/05/04 - Metabolic Syndrome accelerates 'aging' of arteries

01/30/04 - Atherosclerosis accelerated in hypercholesterolemic children

01/09/04 - Greater reduction in LDL-C provides clinical benefit

2003

12/16/03 - C. pneumoniae may promote atherosclerosis

05/19/03 - Intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery is the significant predictor of angiographically proven coronary artery disease.

05/07/03 - Preventing myocardial infarction in the young adult in the first place: how do the National Cholesterol Education Panel III guidelines perform?

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