Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis: Findings from autopsy analysis

Abstract Background Ultrasound-determined carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is widely used as an indicator of generalized atherosclerotic burden, but there are limited autopsy findings in support of the association, directly. Methods We performed an autopsy analysis ( n = 111, mean 68.8 years; 6...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Atherosclerosis 2012-12, Vol.225 (2), p.359-362
Hauptverfasser:	Iwakiri, Takashi, Yano, Yuichiro, Sato, Yuichiro, Hatakeyama, Kinta, Marutsuka, Kousuke, Fujimoto, Shouichi, Kitamura, Kazuo, Kario, Kazuomi, Asada, Yujiro
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Aorta, Abdominal - pathology Aorta, Thoracic - pathology Aortic Diseases - pathology Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research) Atherosclerosis - pathology Autopsy Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Carotid Arteries - pathology Carotid Artery Diseases - pathology Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Cerebral Arteries - pathology Chi-Square Distribution Coronary Artery Disease - pathology Coronary Vessels - pathology Female Generalized atherosclerosis Humans Iliac Artery - pathology Intracranial Arteriosclerosis - pathology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Necrosis Neurosurgery Plaque, Atherosclerotic Predictive Value of Tests Reproducibility of Results Severity of Illness Index Skull, brain, vascular surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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