Measurements of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and of Interadventitia Common Carotid Diameter Improve Prediction of Cardiovascular Events: Results of the IMPROVE (Carotid Intima Media Thickness [IMT] and IMT-Progression as Predictors of Vascular Events in a High Risk European Population) Study

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 60; no. 16; pp. 1489 - 1499
• Main Authors: BALDASSARRE, Damiano, HAMSTEN, Anders, GROSSI, Enzo, PAOLETTI, Rodolfo, TREMOLI, Elena, VEGLIA, Fabrizio, DE FAIRE, Ulf, HUMPHRIES, Steve E, SMIT, Andries J, GIRAL, Philippe, KURL, Sudhir, RAURAMAA, Rainer, MANNARINO, Elmo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 16.10.2012
• Subjects: Aged; Atherosclerosis - diagnosis; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Carotid Arteries - diagnostic imaging; Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; Cerebrovascular Disorders - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Coronary Disease - epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Europe; Measurement; High risk; Prognosis; Predictor; Prediction; European; Result; Thickness; Common carotid; Risk factor; Evolution; Population; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Predictive factor; Diameter

The goal of this study was to compare the performance of several measures of carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT) as predictors of cardiovascular events (CVEs), and to investigate whether they add to the predictive accuracy of Framingham risk factors (FRFs). Various markers of subclinical atherosc...