Common carotid intima media thickness and ankle-brachial pressure index correlate with local but not global atheroma burden: a cross sectional study using whole body magnetic resonance angiography

TY - JOUR

T1 - Common carotid intima media thickness and ankle-brachial pressure index correlate with local but not global atheroma burden

T2 - a cross sectional study using whole body magnetic resonance angiography

AU - Weir-McCall, Jonathan R.

AU - Khan, Faisel

AU - Lambert, Matthew A.

AU - Adamson, Carly L.

AU - Gardner, Michael

AU - Gandy, Stephen J.

AU - Ramkumar, Prasad Guntur

AU - Belch, Jill J. F.

AU - Struthers, Allan D.

AU - Rauchhaus, Petra

AU - Morris, Andrew D.

AU - Houston, J. Graeme

PY - 2014/6/19

Y1 - 2014/6/19

N2 - Common carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) are used as surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, and have been shown to correlate with arterial stiffness, however their correlation with global atherosclerotic burden has not been previously assessed. We compare CIMT and ABPI with atheroma burden as measured by whole body magnetic resonance angiography (WB-MRA).

AB - Common carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) are used as surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, and have been shown to correlate with arterial stiffness, however their correlation with global atherosclerotic burden has not been previously assessed. We compare CIMT and ABPI with atheroma burden as measured by whole body magnetic resonance angiography (WB-MRA).

U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0099190

DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0099190

M3 - Article

C2 - 24933122

SN - 1932-6203

VL - 9

JO - PLoS ONE

JF - PLoS ONE

IS - 6

M1 - e99190

ER -