Incident Stroke Is Associated With Common Carotid Artery Diameter and Not Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Although common carotid IMT is not associated with stroke, interadventitial diameter of the common carotid artery is independently associated with first-time incident ischemic stroke even after adjusting for IMT. Our hypothesis that this is in part attributable to the effects of exposure to blood pressure needs confirmation by other studies. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00063440.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Stroke, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research