Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Cardiovascular Risk Prediction

Hester M. den Ruijter , Sanne A. E. Peters , Todd J. Anderson , Hester M. den Ruijter , Sanne A. E. Peters , Todd J. Anderson , Annie Britton , Joost Dekker , Marinus J.C. Eijkemans , Gunnar Engström , Gregory W. Evans , Jacqueline de Graaf , Diederick E. Grobbee , Bo Hedblad , Albert Hofman , Suzanne Holewijn , Ai Ikeda , Maryam Kavousi , Kazuo Kitagawa , Akihiko Kitamura , Hendrik Koffijberg , Eva Lonn , Matthias Lorenz , Ellisiv B. Mathiesen , Giel Nijpels , Shuhei Okazaki , Daniel H. O’Leary , Joseph F. Polak , Jackie F. Price , C. Robertson , Christopher M. Rembold , Maria Rosvall , Tatjana Rundek , Jukka T. Salonen , Matthias Sitzer , Coen D.A. Stehouwer , Jacqueline C.M. Witteman , Karel G.M. Moons , Michiel L. Bots
2012 JAMA 743 citations

Abstract

The addition of common CIMT measurements to the Framingham Risk Score was associated with small improvement in 10-year risk prediction of first-time myocardial infarction or stroke, but this improvement is unlikely to be of clinical importance.

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MedicineFramingham Risk ScoreMyocardial infarctionStroke (engine)Internal medicineIntima-media thicknessPopulationAbsolute risk reductionCardiologyDiseaseConfidence intervalCarotid arteries

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2012
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review
Volume
308
Issue
8
Pages
796-796
Citations
743
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Hester M. den Ruijter, Sanne A. E. Peters, Todd J. Anderson et al. (2012). Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Cardiovascular Risk Prediction. JAMA , 308 (8) , 796-796. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.9630

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10.1001/jama.2012.9630