Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Predicts Occurrence of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques
| Autor: | Dominique Courbon, Pierre-Jean Touboul, Pierre Ducimetière, Mahmoud Zureik, Christine Magne, Claire Bonithon-Kopp, Claudine Berr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Carotid Artery Diseases
Male Aging medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Carotid Artery Common Carotid arteries medicine.artery Odds Ratio medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies cardiovascular diseases Common carotid artery Aged Ultrasonography business.industry Ultrasound Odds ratio Middle Aged Predictive value Intima-media thickness Multivariate Analysis cardiovascular system Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Wall thickness |
| Zdroj: | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 20:1622-1629 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4636 1079-5642 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/01.atv.20.6.1622 |
| Popis: | Abstract —The role of the increase in the common carotid artery (CCA) intima-media wall thickness (IMT) in the atherosclerotic process is questionable. This longitudinal study examined the predictive value of CCA-IMT measured at baseline examination (at sites free of plaques) on the occurrence of atherosclerotic plaques in the extracranial carotid arteries during 4 years of follow-up study in a sample of 1010 subjects aged 59 to 71 years. Ultrasound examinations were performed at baseline and 2 years and 4 years later. The occurrence of carotid plaques during follow-up was defined as the appearance of ≥1 plaque in previously normal carotid segments and/or the appearance of new plaques in the carotid segments that previously had plaques. Carotid plaque occurrence was observed in 185 subjects (18.3%). Age- and sex- adjusted odds ratios of carotid plaque occurrence were 2.66 (95% CI 1.58 to 4.46, P P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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