[PDF] Top 20 Evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness and factors associated with cardiovascular disease in

... two-thirds of the patients had at least two risk factors for CVD, while one-third of them had at least three ...alteration and circulatory biomarker measurement methods are important for ... See full document

... Patients with NIDDM have increased cardiovascular disease risk and accelerated atherosclerosis (Boyle ...seen in diabetic patients, and a positive association between BMI, ... See full document

... found in this study were similar to those pub- lished in the literature, in which 64% of the 50 patients with Ps presented altered QIMT levels (56% of MTX users and 72% ... See full document

... independently associated with several cardiovascular risk factors, such as endothelial dysfunction, increased arterial stiffness, LVH, left ventricular dilatation impaired vasoreactivity, ... See full document

... levels of serum uric acid have been sug- gested as a possible predictor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...mg/dL) and hypertension, kidney disease, and other risk factors ... See full document

... value of noninvasive tests, particularly in ...need of an inexpen- sive and easily accessible test that would indicate the likelihood of CAD with reasonable high sensitivity ... See full document

... Department of Rheumatology were asked to participate in the FRANCIS ...presence of RA and an age 70 ...presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) or ...history of myocardial infarction, ... See full document

... predictors of cardiovascular risk. The univariate model of each marker was adjusted with the risk variable (yes or no); markers that had p-values ≤ ...fitted with all candidates ... See full document

... arterial intima-media thickness has been observed in adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency ...ated with obesity, insulin resistance, ... See full document

... Cigarette smoking as the single cardiovascular risk factor was associated with the wall thickness of the carotid arteries in our study. This finding indicated that early atherosclerosis [r] ... See full document

... Carotid intima- media thickness has a relatively low sensitivity and specificity for the prediction of cardiovascular outcomes, and after adjustment for other ... See full document

... use of antihypertensive medication. Smoking was defined as the use of any amount of tobacco in the past 30 days, and ex-smokers were defined as those who abstained from tobacco use ... See full document

... higher in patients with MS than in patients without it, and mean cIMT was also significantly ...presence of carotid plaques, a marker of more advanced atherosclerotic ... See full document

... the intima-media grayscale ...the intima-media standard deviation. A carotid artery with a normal double-line pattern may, when the intima layer is brighter and the ... See full document

... components of plasma lipopro- teins ...risk of vascular disease [13–17]. In the Apolipoprotein-related Mortality Risk Study (AMORIS) [14], apoB was found to be a stronger marker of ... See full document

... composed of miR-29a, miR-29b and miR-29c and they share the same seed ...kinds of collagens, the most extensively studied function of miR-29 was its protective role in fibrotic ... See full document

... study of a population of young Brazilian individuals with Type 1 DM demonstrates that impaired vascular function (reduced FMD of the brachial artery) is a manifestation of vascular ... See full document

... for evaluation of lower extremity arterial disease in patients with diabetic ...assessment of lower limb PAD, the agreement between DUS and DSA was reported to be good, ... See full document

... type of visceral adipose tissue, sur- rounds the coronary vessels and heart, particularly atrioventricular and interventricular ...grooves. Evaluation of EFT and CIMT have been ... See full document

... a disease for which exact therapeutic approaches have not yet been ...SHT and coronary heart ...changes in serum lipid levels or to endothelial dysfunction is ...aim of this study was to ... See full document