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Prevalence of carotid artery calcifications among 2,500 digital panoramic radiographs of an adult Brazilian population

2018

Background The aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiological data of digital panoramic radiographs revealing suggestive images of carotid artery calcifications (CAC) from a Northeast Brazilian population. Material and Methods A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted with 2,500 digital panoramic radiographs obtained from a single imaging reference center in Northeast Brazil. Images from individuals of both sexes and older than 18 years were included and those that did not cover the region of cervical vertebrae or presented low radiographic quality were excluded. Data were analyzed regarding prevalence, location (bilateral, right or left), sex, and age using the Chi-s…

Carotid Artery DiseasesMalemedicine.medical_specialtyCross-sectional studyCarotid arteriesRadiography030204 cardiovascular system & hematology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineStatistical significanceRadiography PanoramicEpidemiologyPrevalencemedicineHumansVascular CalcificationGeneral DentistryAgedRetrospective StudiesOral Medicine and Pathologybusiness.industryResearchRetrospective cohort study030206 dentistryMiddle Aged:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Cross-Sectional Studiesmedicine.anatomical_structureOtorhinolaryngologyUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASFemaleSurgeryBrazilian populationRadiologybusinessBrazilCervical vertebrae
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Renal function and carotid atherosclerosis in adults with no known kidney disease

2017

Abstract Background and aims A high prevalence of atherosclerotic lesions characterizes patients with chronic kidney disease, though there is little data on the relationship between kidney function and atherosclerotic changes in the healthy population or in people with no known renal impairment. The aim of our study was to analyze, in a comprehensive general population with no known kidney disease, the relationship between renal function and subclinical carotid atherosclerotic damage. Methods and results A general real-life population of 611 participants (233 males and 378 females; age ≥18 years) with no known kidney failure was selected for the study. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) w…

Carotid Artery DiseasesMaleEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismMedicine (miscellaneous)030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyKidneyCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessSeverity of Illness IndexCarotid intima-media thicknechemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsPrevalenceSettore MED/49 - Scienze Tecniche Dietetiche ApplicateSubclinical infectioneducation.field_of_studyUnivariate analysisKidneyUltrasonography Doppler DuplexNutrition and DieteticsCarotid atherosclerosiMiddle AgedPrognosisCarotid plaquePlaque Atheroscleroticmedicine.anatomical_structureCarotid ArteriesItalycardiovascular systemCardiologyPopulation studyFemaleKidney DiseasesGlomerular filtration rateCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyPopulationRenal function030209 endocrinology & metabolism03 medical and health sciencesPredictive Value of TestsInternal medicinemedicineHumanseducationAgedCreatinineChi-Square Distributionbusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseCross-Sectional StudiesEarly DiagnosischemistryAsymptomatic DiseasesMultivariate AnalysisbusinessKidney disease
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Preclinical carotid atherosclerosis enhances the global cardiovascular risk and increases the rate of cerebro- and cardiovascular events in a five-ye…

2009

AIM: To evaluate if the intima-media thickening (IMT) and asymptomatic carotid plaque (ACP), as expression of carotid preclinical atherosclerosis (pre-ATS), can provide further information on the global cardiovascular risk (GCVR). METHODS: We studied 454 asymptomatic subjects, with a cluster of risk factors (RF), and evaluated the incidence of a first cardiovascular (CV) event in a five-year follow-up. The subjects at admission were subdivided in three groups of risk. RESULTS: Events occurred in 38% of subjects at high risk, in 13% and 6% of subjects at intermediate and low risk (p<0.003). Among evaluated parameters, carotid pre-ATS was a predictive marker of CV events (OR 2.7, 95% IC 1.4-5…

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Early Vascular Aging in Normotensive Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

2015

Connective tissue diseases, like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are associated with early and accelerated atherosclerosis. Recently, the concept of “early vascular aging” (EVA) has been more widely accepted. Aortic stiffness is one of the important markers of EVA. We evaluated EVA and subclinical atherosclerosis, by measuring aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) and carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT), in 50 normotensive patients with SLE (mean age: 39 ± 12 years). We compared these participants with 50 age- and sex-matched patients with essential hypertension (EH) and 20 healthy controls. Each participant underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), aPWV, and cIMT me…

Carotid Artery DiseasesMaleSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaSLEBlood Pressure030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyEssential hypertensionCarotid Intima-Media Thickness0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsLupus Erythematosus SystemicUltrasonography Doppler Colorskin and connective tissue diseasesPulse wave velocityAge FactorsBlood Pressure Monitoring AmbulatoryMiddle Agedcardiovascular systemCardiologyFemaleVascular agingAortic stiffnessEssential HypertensionCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyAmbulatory blood pressurePulse Wave AnalysisRenal Circulation03 medical and health sciencesVascular StiffnessInternal medicinemedicineHumansIn patientSettore MED/14 - Nefrologia030203 arthritis & rheumatologyAccelerated atherosclerosisbusiness.industryAtherosclerosismedicine.diseaseSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolareSettore MED/16 - ReumatologiaCase-Control StudiesSubclinical atherosclerosisAsymptomatic DiseasesVASCULAR DAMAGEAORTIC STIFFFNESSEARLY VASCULAR AGINGVascular ResistancebusinessAngiology
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Changes in ultrasound-assessed carotid intima-media thickness and plaque with a Mediterranean diet: a substudy of the PREDIMED trial.

2014

OBJECTIVE - : The Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea (PREDIMED) trial showed that a Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) supplemented with either extra virgin olive oil or 30 g/d of mixed nuts reduced incident cardiovascular events compared with a control (low fat) diet. The mechanisms of cardiovascular protection afforded by MedDiets remain to be uncovered. We assessed the effect of both supplemented MedDiets on internal carotid intima-media thickness (ICA-IMT) and plaque height, the ultrasound features that best predict future cardiovascular events, in subjects at high cardiovascular risk. APPROACH AND RESULTS - : In a PREDIMED subcohort (n=175), plaque height and carotid IMT of 3 prespecified seg…

Carotid Artery DiseasesMalemedicine.medical_specialtyTime FactorsMediterranean dietCarotid imtDiet MediterraneanCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessPredictive Value of TestsRisk FactorsInternal medicinemedicineCarotid stenosisHumansNutsPlant OilsCarotid intima-media thicknessUltrasonography Doppler ColorOlive OilDieta mediterraneaAgedAged 80 and overChi-Square Distributionbusiness.industryUltrasoundMiddle AgedPredimedConfidence intervalPlaque AtheroscleroticSurgeryLogistic ModelsTreatment OutcomeIntima-media thicknessSpainMultivariate AnalysisCardiologycardiovascular systemDisease ProgressionLinear ModelsFemaleCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessOlive oilCarotid Artery InternalOlive oilArteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
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PREDICTION OF CEREBROVASCULAR AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN PATIENTS WITH SUBLINICAL CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS: THE ROLE OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN

2008

Background Several studies have suggested that inflammation and infection may be important for accelerated progression of atherosclerosis, but few data are available on subjects with early stages of atherosclerosis. Methods and Results We included, in a prospective 5-year follow-up study, 150 patients with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis, evaluating at baseline all established traditional cardiovascular risk factors (eg, older age, male sex, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, family history of coronary artery disease, and dyslipidemia); 2 markers of inflammation, fibrinogen, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP); and the seropositivity to Helicobacter pylori, Chlamydia pn…

Carotid Artery DiseasesMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyTime FactorsCoronary DiseaseGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyCoronary artery diseaseRisk FactorsInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusmedicineHumansProspective StudiesMyocardial infarctionAgedSubclinical infectionbiologybusiness.industryC-reactive proteinUltrasonography DopplerGeneral MedicineOdds ratioMiddle AgedPrognosismedicine.diseaseC-reactive protein inflammation intimamedia thickness events atherosclerosisSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolareStrokeC-Reactive ProteinCohortbiology.proteinCardiologyFemalebusinessDyslipidemiaFollow-Up Studies
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Asymptomatic carotid lesions add to cardiovascular risk prediction.

2010

AIM To show that subclinical atherosclerosis (subclinical-ATS) of carotid arteries [intima-media thickness (IMT) or asymptomatic carotid plaque (ACP)], may provide additional information for risk stratification, in asymptomatic patients, aged greater than 45 years, with a cluster of risk factors (RFs). METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 558 asymptomatic patients (235 males). RFs for atherosclerosis were assessed and the 10-year-risk was calculated according to the Italian risk score. Doppler ultrasound of carotid arteries identified the presence of IMT greater than 0.9 mm in 183 patients and ACP in 147 patients. One hundred and fifty-three patients developed cerebrovascular or cardiovascular (C…

cardiovascular riskCarotid Artery DiseasesMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPercutaneousEpidemiologymedicine.medical_treatmentRevascularizationAsymptomaticRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexAnginalesionAsymptomatic carotid lesionsRisk FactorsInternal medicinemedicineOdds RatioHumanscardiovascular diseasesMyocardial infarctionAgedProportional Hazards ModelsFramingham Risk Scorebusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)Ultrasonography DopplerMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasePrognosisSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolarecarotidIntima-media thicknessItalyCardiovascular DiseasesAsymptomatic DiseasesCardiologyLinear ModelsFemalemedicine.symptomCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessEuropean journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on EpidemiologyPrevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology
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An assessment of the hemorheological profile in patients with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis divided in relation to the number of cardiovascular…

2021

We present a cohort of 100 subjects [43 men and 57 women; median age 66.00(25)] who were tested using carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical carotid atherosclerosis (SCA). We have evaluated the behaviour of whole blood viscosity (WBV) at high (450 s–1) and low (0.51 s–1) shear rates, plasma viscosity (450–1), hematocrit and mean erythrocyte aggregation. When compared to normal control subjects, using the Mann-Whitney test, we observed in SCA patients a significant increase in WBV only. The results were substantial after having divided the SCA subjects according to the cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) and the degree of insulin resistance; the research was performed using two surrogate …

Carotid Artery DiseasesMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPhysiologyCardiovascular risk factors030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyHematocritFibrinogenErythrocyte aggregation030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineInsulin resistanceuric acidRisk FactorsPhysiology (medical)Internal medicinemedicineHumanstraditional cardiovascular risk factorsSubclinical infectionAgedSubclinical carotid atherosclerosismedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryhemorheological determinantsHematologymedicine.diseaseBlood ViscositychemistryCardiovascular DiseasesHeart Disease Risk FactorsCohortCardiologyUric acidFemaleInsulin Resistanceinsuline-resistenceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusinessmedicine.drugClinical hemorheology and microcirculation
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Carotid plaque detection improves the predictve value of CHA2DS2-VASc score in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrilation: The ARAPACIS Study

2017

Abstract Background and aims Vascular disease (VD), as assessed by history of myocardial infarction or peripheral artery disease or aortic plaque, increases stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF), and is a component of risk assessment using the CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score. We investigated if systemic atherosclerosis as detected by ultrasound carotid plaque (CP) could improve the predictive value of the CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score. Methods We analysed data from the ARAPACIS study, an observational study including 2027 Italian patients with non-valvular AF, in whom CP was detected using Doppler Ultrasonography. Results VD was reported in 351 (17.3%) patients while CP was detected in 16.6% patients. Ad…

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Carotid intima-media thickness measurement through semi-automated detection software and analysis of vascular walls

2013

AIM: The aim of the present study was to compare the semi-automatic measurement of carotid intima thickness (RFQIMT - Esaote, Italy), with the conventional method. METHODS: We enrolle 81 patients, mean age 46 years ±15, with no history of cardio-cerebrovascular events and we assessed the traditional cardiovascular risk factors. We examined the IMT of the common carotid artery with manual and RFQIMT method (based on the "Radio Frequency" signal), according to the ASE protocol. RESULTS: Semi-automatic measurement was on average lower than manual measurement (617 μm ±191 vs. 676 μm ± 222) with a statistically significant difference (P<0.01). In agreement with manual measurements, the values of…

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