Why the study?
Is increased intima-media thickness of the common carotid arteries associated with the presence and extent of coronary artery disease and left ventricular hypertrophy in older adults?
Population
70 older adults, comprising 37 patients with coronary artery disease and 33 age- and gender-matched controls…
Comparison
Carotid intima-media thickness measurement via… vs Patients without CAD and patients without left…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Supports carotid IMT as a noninvasive CAD marker in older adults; leaves open its incremental prognostic value in prospective cohorts.
Is increased intima-media thickness of the common carotid arteries associated with the presence and extent of coronary artery disease and left ventricular hypertrophy in older adults?
Increased carotid intima-media thickness is a marker of subclinical cardiovascular disease that correlates with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis and the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy in older adults.
Mattace‐Raso et al. (2002) studied this question.
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