 Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
"Carotid Intima-Media Thickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A measurement of the thickness of the carotid artery walls. It is measured by B-mode ULTRASONOGRAPHY and is used as a surrogate marker for ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
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D059168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.850.150 E01.370.370.180 G09.330.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Intima-Media Thickness" by people in Profiles.
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Sgambat K, Clauss S, Lei KY, Song J, Rahaman SO, Lasota M, Moudgil A. Increased carotid intima-media thickness in African American pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 05; 22(3):e13163.
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Magge SN. Here comes the sun--is vitamin D a cure for all that ails us? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Apr; 100(4):1237-40.
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Veronese E, Tarroni G, Visentin S, Cosmi E, Linguraru MG, Grisan E. Estimation of prenatal aorta intima-media thickness from ultrasound examination. Phys Med Biol. 2014 Nov 07; 59(21):6355-71.
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