CIMT is a useful test for determining your level of atherosclerosis if you have some risk factors but no symptoms. Your doctors can use the results to help you prevent further damage to your ...

A CIMT test is useful because people with carotid artery disease might not have any symptoms of the condition. Many times, a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a stroke is the first sign a person ...

Summary The Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study assessed whether the rate of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) progression differs according to menopausal status and rapidity of the menopause ...

The study, published in Pediatrics, suggests that the more intensive level of CIMT—3-hour sessions, five days a week for four weeks — produced the most noticeable and longer lasting improvements.

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News & Views Published: 25 February 2011 Vascular disease Meta-regression of CIMT trials—data in, garbage out Allen J. Taylor, Michiel L. Bots & John J. P. Kastelein Nature Reviews Cardiology 8 ...

For one standard deviation increase in mean cIMT progression, the adjusted hazard ratio for the combined primary end point was 0.98 (95% CI 0.95–1.01).