Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
"Carotid Intima-Media Thickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A measurement of the thickness of the carotid artery walls. It is measured by B-mode ULTRASONOGRAPHY and is used as a surrogate marker for ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D059168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.850.150 E01.370.370.180 G09.330.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Intima-Media Thickness" by people in Profiles.
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Low-density lipoprotein subclasses over the menopausal transition and risk of coronary calcification and carotid atherosclerosis: the SWAN Heart and HDL ancillary studies. Menopause. 2023 10 01; 30(10):1006-1013.
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Lipoprotein subfractions and subclinical vascular health in middle aged women: does menopause status matter? Menopause. 2022 08 01; 29(8):911-919.
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Associations of carotid intima media thickness with gene expression in whole blood and genetically predicted gene expression across 48 tissues. Hum Mol Genet. 2022 03 31; 31(7):1171-1182.
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Patterns of menstrual cycle length over the menopause transition are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis after menopause. Menopause. 2021 10 11; 29(1):8-15.
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Adipokines and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Post-Menopausal Women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 04 06; 10(7):e019173.
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Nonclassical Monocytes (CD14dimCD16+) Are Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression for Men but Not Women: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis-Brief Report. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 05 05; 41(5):1810-1817.
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Abdominal visceral adipose tissue over the menopause transition and carotid atherosclerosis: the SWAN heart study. Menopause. 2021 03 01; 28(6):626-633.
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Prospective associations between beverage intake during the midlife and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0219301.
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The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight. Science. 2019 04 12; 364(6436).
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GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes. Nat Commun. 2018 12 03; 9(1):5141.