Prediction of Clinical Cardiovascular Events With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

By M. Lorenz, H. Markus, M. Bots, M. Rosvall, M. Sitzer. Circulation, 2007

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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• The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) (2012, methodology): “14 The following symptomatic CVD events were considered separately: (1) all coronary heart disease (CHD) (myocardial infarction [definite/probable], resuscitated cardiac arrest, definite angina, probable angina [if followed by revascularization], and CHD death [definite/probable]), (2) stroke (fatal”
• Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine. (2008, methodology): “These studies recently have been reviewed in detail.(25) All 8 studies demonstrated that CIMT was significantly associated with risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, CHD death, or a combination of these.”