BACKGROUND Adults infected with HIV have increased atherosclerosis potentially associated with both HIV and non-HIV associated factors. We characterized risk factors for atherosclerosis as measured by noninvasive vascular imaging. METHODS AND RESULTS We used B-mode ultrasound to examine levels and correlates of echogenicity and vessel wall thickness of the carotid artery intima-media complex ...

Coronary heart disease mortality is four times higher in Lithuanian compared to Swedish middle-aged men. Using the same equipment (Acuson XP10 with 5 MHz linear transducer) and staff, we compared the amount of atherosclerosis in carotid and femoral arteries in 100 randomly sampled 50-year-old men in each of the cities Vilnius, Lithuania and Linköping, Sweden. Atherosclerotic plaques were more a...

BACKGROUND Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has recently emerged as a new important inflammatory marker for predicting cardiovascular events. This study aimed to evaluate the combined impact of NLR and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on significant coronary artery disease (CAD) and carotid artery atherosclerosis. METHODS This study includes a total of 828 patients evaluated by coronary an...

Atherosclerosis is a condition where the arteries become narrowed and hardened because of excessive build up of fatty substances called plaques around the artery wall. The disease disrupts the flow of blood around the body resulting in serious cardiovascular complications. The Intima Media thickness (IMT) is used as a validated measure for the evaluation of atherosclerosis. Manual assessment of...

BACKGROUND AND AIM We conducted a prospective study to investigate the possible relationship between the tortuosity of coronary arteries (TCA) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and also compare TCA to retinal artery tortuosity. METHODS One hundred and five participants with nonsignificant coronary plaque or normal coronary angiogram were included. To determine subclinical atheroscler...

INTRODUCTION Clinically evident atherosclerosis is preceded by preclinical changes in the arterial wall. These changes are characterised by increased thickness of the intima-media complex (IMT). AIMS A complex ultrasound assessment of the peripheral vessels as well as an attempt to find ultrasound parameters correlating with the burden of atherosclerotic lesions of the coronary arteries. ME...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between the pulse wave velocity (PWV) and angiographic carotid atherosclerosis in elderly patients. METHOD 103 consecutive elderly patients were divided into two groups according to the results of cerebral angiography: carotid atherosclerosis group and normal carotid angiogram group. Basic clinical information was required by a standardized questionna...

A 62-year-old man reported 6 stereotyped attacks of transient loss of vision in the lateral visual field of the right eye and was subsequently found to have right internal carotid artery occlusion. Fundoscopy revealed an anomalous central retinal artery branching whereby a single stem vessel supplied the superior and inferior nasal quadrants of the retina. Circulatory insufficiency in this anom...

Interplay of Vascular Phenotype and Metabolic Phenotype in Populations With or Without Type 2 Diabetes To the Editor: Recently, Dr Sourij and colleagues1 concluded that insulin resistance is one of the main factors for carotid atherosclerosis measured as intima-media thickness (IMT). There was evidence given in this article that HOMA index rather than Short Insulin Tolerance Test is associated ...