Carotid intima-media thickness ultrasonographic measurement and its relation to atherosclerotic risk factors in chest pain patients
- Author:
Dao Thi Thanh Binh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Atherosclerosis, chest pain, angina pectoris
- MeSH:
Atherosclerosis, chest pain, angina pectoris
- From:Ho Chi Minh city Medical Association
2005;10(5):269-272
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study on 154 patients with chest pain, mean age: 61 years old, males accounted for 65%. Most common risk factors were hypertension 74%, high serum cholesterol level 60.4%, smoking 47.4%, diabetes 19.5%, family history 30.5%. B-mode ultrasonographic findings were normal carotid arteries in 22 patients (14.3%), intima-media thickness (IMT) >0.7 mm in 132 patients (85.7%), plaques of unilateral carotid arteries in 77 patients (50%), and plaques of bilateral carotid arteries in 36 patients (23.4%). There was a correlation between the IMT, the plaques of carotid arteries and the ages
