Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk - Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration.
Matthias W LorenzLu GaoKathrin ZiegelbauerGiuseppe Danilo NorataJean Philippe EmpanaIrene SchmidtmannHung-Ju LinStela McLachlanLena BokemarkKimmo RonkainenMauro AmatoUlf SchminkeSathanur R SrinivasanLars LindShuhei OkazakiCoen D A StehouwerPeter WilleitJoseph F PolakHelmuth SteinmetzDirk SanderHolger PoppertMoise DesvarieuxM Arfan IkramStein Harald JohnsenDaniel StaubCesare R SirtoriBernhard IglsederOscar BeloquiGunnar EngströmAlfonso FrieraFrancesco RozzaWuxiang XieGrace ParragaLiliana GrigoreMatthieu PlichartStefan BlankenbergTa-Chen SuCaroline SchmidtTomi-Pekka TuomainenFabrizio VegliaHenry VölzkeGiel NijpelsJohann WilleitRalph L SaccoOscar H FrancoHeiko UthoffBo HedbladCarmen SuarezRaffaele IzzoDong ZhaoThapat WannarongAlberico CatapanoPierre DucimetiereChristine Espinola-KleinKuo-Liong ChienJackie F PriceGöran BergströmJussi KauhanenElena TremoliMarcus DörrGerald BerensonKazuo KitagawaJacqueline M DekkerStefan KiechlMatthias SitzerHorst BickelTatjana RundekAlbert HofmanEllisiv B MathiesenSamuela CastelnuovoManuel F LandechoMaria RosvallRafael GabrielNicola de LucaJing LiuDamiano BaldassarreMaryam KavousiEric de GrootMichiel L BotsDavid N YanezSimon G Thompsonnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2018)
We confirm that common CIMT is associated with future CVD events in individuals at high risk. CIMT change does not relate to future event risk in high-risk individuals.