2005•Guangxi Medical JournalRequires access

Evaluation of the associations between carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery atherosclerosis assessed by ultrasound

Nong Mei-fe

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Objective To evaluate the associations between carotid intinia-media thickness and coronary artery atherosclerosis assessed by ultrasound.Methods Angiographic results of 93 patients with chest pain were studied,and their carotid IMT were measured by B-mode ultrasound. Results The IMT of the patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus was significantly higher than that of their own control group( P 0.05). Furthermore,the IMT became much higher along with the developing of the coronary artery atherosclerosis. Conclusions IMT and coronary artery atherosclerosis are closely related.IMT is a significant indicator in the clinical course of coronary heart dis-

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Key concepts: Medicine, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Intima-media thickness, Coronary atherosclerosis, Diabetes mellitus, Coronary artery disease, Artery