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The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors
Primary prevention and early detection of cardiovascular disease is important, as it is the leading cause of death throughout world. Risk stratification algorithms, such as Framingham Risk Score and European Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation, that utilize a combination of various traditional risk...
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Yonsei University College of Medicine
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2014.55.3.551 |
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description | Primary prevention and early detection of cardiovascular disease is important, as it is the leading cause of death throughout world. Risk stratification algorithms, such as Framingham Risk Score and European Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation, that utilize a combination of various traditional risk factors have been developed to improve primary prevention. However, the accuracy of these algorithms for screening high risk patients is moderate at best. Accordingly, the use of biomarkers or imaging studies may improve risk stratification. Carotid ultrasound, which measures both carotid intima-media thichkness (cIMT) and carotid plaque, is useful in detecting the degree of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis, and has the advantage of being noninvasive and safe. Several large epidemiologic studies have indicated that cIMT and carotid plaque are closely related with other cardiovascular risk factors and may be useful for risk reclassification in subjects deemed to be at intermediate risk by traditional risk scores. Moreover, recent clinical guidelines for management of hypertension or dyslipidemia highlight the usefulness of cIMT in high risk patients. In this article, we review evidence for the usefulness of measurement of cIMT and carotid plaque for cardiovascular risk stratification. |
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spelling | pubmed-39900912014-05-01 The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors Lee, Chan Joo Park, Sungha Yonsei Med J Review Article Primary prevention and early detection of cardiovascular disease is important, as it is the leading cause of death throughout world. Risk stratification algorithms, such as Framingham Risk Score and European Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation, that utilize a combination of various traditional risk factors have been developed to improve primary prevention. However, the accuracy of these algorithms for screening high risk patients is moderate at best. Accordingly, the use of biomarkers or imaging studies may improve risk stratification. Carotid ultrasound, which measures both carotid intima-media thichkness (cIMT) and carotid plaque, is useful in detecting the degree of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis, and has the advantage of being noninvasive and safe. Several large epidemiologic studies have indicated that cIMT and carotid plaque are closely related with other cardiovascular risk factors and may be useful for risk reclassification in subjects deemed to be at intermediate risk by traditional risk scores. Moreover, recent clinical guidelines for management of hypertension or dyslipidemia highlight the usefulness of cIMT in high risk patients. In this article, we review evidence for the usefulness of measurement of cIMT and carotid plaque for cardiovascular risk stratification. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2014-05-01 2014-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3990091/ /pubmed/24719118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2014.55.3.551 Text en © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2014 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Lee, Chan Joo Park, Sungha The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors |
title | The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors |
title_full | The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors |
title_fullStr | The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors |
title_short | The Role of Carotid Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification beyond Traditional Risk Factors |
title_sort | role of carotid ultrasound for cardiovascular risk stratification beyond traditional risk factors |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2014.55.3.551 |
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