Key result
B-mode ultrasonography can measure common carotid artery intimal medial thickness, a marker associated with cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis, stroke, and hypertension.
Population
Normotensive and hypertensive individuals
Comparison
Normotensive vs hypertensive individuals
Authors
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Carotid IMT measurement by B-mode US may aid vascular assessment; leaves open incremental prognostic value in prospective cohorts.
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Ojs Admin (2020) studied this question. B-mode ultrasonography can measure common carotid artery intimal medial thickness, a marker associated with cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis, stroke, and hypertension.
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