Clinical Utility of Carotid Ultrasonography in The Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diabetes: A Combined Analysis of Data Obtained in Five Longitudinal Studies.

CONCLUSIONS: Addition of carotid ultrasonography measures to conventional risk factors significantly improved the stratification of patients by cardiovascular risk. Changes over time in carotid ultrasonography measures may be used as therapeutic outcome measures. PMID: 29445076 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Atheroscler Thromb Source Type: research