Is carotid artery intima-media thickness associated with coronary artery disease?
IMT increases with age and is higher in patients with a history of vascular disease. This difference is significant in patients of 40 years or older. This finding supports the recommendations of the prevention conference of the American Heart Association, that carefully performed IMT measurement can add incremental information to traditional risk factor assessment in asymptomatic individuals above the age of 45 years.
FG is a powerful predictor associated with the outcome in IVT-treated AIS patients independent of AG and HbA1c.