Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness Score, Positive Coronary Artery Calcium Score, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness Score, Positive Coronary Artery Calcium Score, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

BackgroundCommon carotid artery and internal carotid artery intima‐media thicknesses (IMT) are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and increase with age. Using age, sex, and race/ethnicity IMT percentiles may improve CHD prediction when added to Framingham risk factors and coronary artery c...

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Main Authors: Joseph F. Polak, Moyses Szklo, Daniel H. O'Leary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atherosclerosis
cardiovascular outcomes
carotid artery
coronary artery calcification
coronary artery disease
epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.004612

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