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,
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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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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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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Association of Macrophage Inflammation Biomarkers With Progression of Subclinical Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Women and Men. J Infect Dis. 2017 05 01; 215(9):1352-1361.
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Increased glucose transporter-1 expression on intermediate monocytes from HIV-infected women with subclinical cardiovascular disease. AIDS. 2017 01 14; 31(2):199-205.
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Detection of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Neovascularization Using Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2016 06; 29(6):491-502.
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Carotid adventitial vasa vasorum and intima-media thickness in a primary prevention population. Echocardiography. 2015 Feb; 32(2):264-70.
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Macrophage inflammatory markers are associated with subclinical carotid artery disease in women with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus infection. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 May; 34(5):1085-92.
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The role of carotid ultrasound in assessing carotid atherosclerosis in individuals at low-to-intermediate cardiovascular risk. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2013 Dec; 66(12):929-34.
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Association of subclinical atherosclerosis with lipid levels amongst antiretroviral-treated and untreated HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV study. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Dec; 225(2):408-11.
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Detection of adventitial vasa vasorum and intraplaque neovascularization in carotid atherosclerotic lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound and their role in atherosclerosis. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2011 Oct-Dec; 7(4):37-40.