Has carotid intima-media thickness prognostic impact in patients with high cardiovascular risk? A long-term cohort study.

Ana Teresa TimóteoMiguel Mota CarmoCristina SoaresRui Cruz Ferreira

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)

Patients with higher CIMT have worst outcome, but this was mainly driven by age and gender. CIMT is useful as a prognostic marker in specific subsets of patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
cardiovascular disease
optical coherence tomography
patient reported outcomes
metabolic syndrome
patient reported