Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Feb;21(2):93-111; quiz 189-90. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.11.011.

Authors

James H Stein¹, Claudia E Korcarz, R Todd Hurst, Eva Lonn, Christopher B Kendall, Emile R Mohler, Samer S Najjar, Christopher M Rembold, Wendy S Post; American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force

Affiliation

¹ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA. jhs@medicine.wisc.edu

PMID: 18261694
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.11.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Review

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees*
Age Factors
Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology
Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Stenosis / physiopathology
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Factors
Societies, Medical
Tunica Intima / diagnostic imaging
Tunica Intima / pathology*
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed / methods*