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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular > Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena > Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Ultrasonography > Ultrasonography, Carotid Arteries > Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

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Carotid Intima-Media Thickness  

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Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2012

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D059168

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