Population
Healthy subjects with no evidence of focal plaques
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Urges caution interpreting IMT without pressure context; leaves open links to events or intervention thresholds.
Elevated blood pressure is the primary driver of increased carotid intima-media thickness in healthy individuals without focal plaques.
Augst et al. (2007) studied this question.
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