The link between increased carotid intima media thickness and cardiovascular risk: how strong and in which patient subgroup is it?

Affiliations

¹ Dumlupinar University, School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Kütahya, Turkey. Electronic address: dramasyali@yahoo.com.
² Gulhane Medical Academy, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.

Comment

Basri Amasyali et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014.

. 2014 Nov 15;177(1):246-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.120. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

¹ Dumlupinar University, School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Kütahya, Turkey. Electronic address: dramasyali@yahoo.com.
² Gulhane Medical Academy, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular risk; Carotid intima media thickness; Coronary artery disease.

Comment in

Cardiovascular Clinical Risk constrains to a powerful primary prevention: carotid atherosclerosis in toto and low dose computed tomography coronary angiography?
Guaricci AI, Brunetti ND, Di Biase M, Pontone G. Guaricci AI, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 15;178:147-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.106. Epub 2014 Oct 22. Int J Cardiol. 2015. PMID: 25464239 No abstract available.

Carotid intima media thickness and coronary atherosclerosis linkage in symptomatic intermediate risk patients evaluated by coronary computed tomography angiography.
Guaricci AI, Arcadi T, Brunetti ND, Maffei E, Montrone D, Martini C, De Luca M, De Rosa F, Cocco D, Midiri M, Cademartiri F, Macarini L, Di Biase M, Pontone G. Guaricci AI, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):988-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.141. Epub 2014 Aug 30. Int J Cardiol. 2014. PMID: 25213576 Clinical Trial.