Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
"Carotid Intima-Media Thickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A measurement of the thickness of the carotid artery walls. It is measured by B-mode ULTRASONOGRAPHY and is used as a surrogate marker for ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D059168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.850.150 E01.370.370.180 G09.330.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Intima-Media Thickness" by people in Profiles.
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Carotid plaque thickness and carotid plaque burden predict future cardiovascular events in asymptomatic adult Americans. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 09 01; 19(9):1042-1050.
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Multiethnic Exome-Wide Association Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2016 Dec; 9(6):511-520.
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Carotid artery distensibility and hormone therapy and menopause: the Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study. Menopause. 2016 Feb; 23(2):150-7.
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Prevalence, impact, and predictive value of detecting subclinical coronary and carotid atherosclerosis in asymptomatic adults: the BioImage study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Mar 24; 65(11):1065-74.
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Leukotriene haplotype × diet interaction on carotid artery hypertrophy and atherosclerosis in American Indians: the Strong Heart Family Study. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Mar; 233(1):165-71.
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Using plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 to predict future cardiovascular events in subjects with carotid atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Jan; 232(1):231-3.
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Joint associations of 61 genetic variants in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes with subclinical atherosclerosis in American Indians: a gene-family analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2013 Feb; 6(1):89-96.
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Carotid artery intima-media thickness in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum Reprod Update. 2012 Mar-Apr; 18(2):112-26.
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Vascular biomarkers in the prediction of clinical cardiovascular disease: the Strong Heart Study. Hypertension. 2012 Jan; 59(1):29-35.
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Relationship of glycemia control to lipid and blood pressure lowering and atherosclerosis: the SANDS experience. J Diabetes Complications. 2011 Nov-Dec; 25(6):362-7.