Carotid-Wall Intima–Media Thickness and Cardiovascular Events
Why the study?
Does carotid-wall intima-media thickness measurement improve the classification of risk of cardiovascular disease in the Framingham Offspring Study cohort?
Population
Framingham Offspring Study cohort
Design
Cohort
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Discussion
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Implication
Modest internal carotid IMT and plaque gains in CVD risk classification warrant no practice change; leaves validation in prospective trials open.
Structured PICO
Does carotid-wall intima-media thickness measurement improve the classification of risk of cardiovascular disease in the Framingham Offspring Study cohort?
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Population
Framingham Offspring Study cohort
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Intervention
Measurement of maximum internal and mean common carotid-artery intima-media thickness and presence of plaque
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Outcome
Cardiovascular outcomes and classification of risk of cardiovascular diseasehard clinical
Maximum internal carotid artery intima-media thickness and plaque presence modestly improve cardiovascular risk classification.
Cite This Study
Polak et al. (2011) studied this question.