Coronary Artery Calcium Outperforms Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness as a Noninvasive Index of Prevalent Coronary Artery Stenosis
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 25 (8) , 1723-1728
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.0000173418.42264.19
Abstract
Objective— Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and increased coronary artery calcium (CAC) are noninvasive surrogate indices of prevalent coronary artery disease (CAD). We compare... We compared coronary artery calcium (CAC) and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) as indices of coronary artery disease (CAD). Elevated IMT doubled the odds of CAD, but elevated CAC increased risk...Keywords
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