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Doctor’s Tip: Patient stories demonstrating the benefit of carotid IMT screening

February is heart month, a time to think about the health of your and your loved ones’ arteries. If arteries get stressed by bad genes; bad habits (such as sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, or ...
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Doctor’s Tip: February is Heart Month — Do you and your loved ones have healthy arteries?

Once again during February (“heart month”), Compass Peak Imaging in Glenwood (970-665-2194) is offering a special price for carotid IMT heart disease screening — a special, FDA-approved ultrasound ...
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Coronary calcium better than carotid IMT for predicting CVD risk, MESA analysis shows

Minneapolis, MN - Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores are better than carotid intima media thickness (IMT) at predicting risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease events, a new analysis from the ...
Medscape

Questioning the Predictive Role of Carotid Intima–media Thickness

Carotid IMT has been claimed as surrogate end point. However, if we consider what surrogate end point exactly means, then carotid IMT may not be technically defined as such. In particular, according ...
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High Blood Pressure in Babies Linked to Adult Atherosclerosis

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