Variação do IMT mais forte que o IMT final?

Intima Media Thickness Variability (IMTV) and its association with cerebrovascular events: A novel marker of carotid atherosclerosis?

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Results: In all cases the ROC area under the curve was higher for IMTV than IMT. There was a statistical significant association between IMTV and cerebrovascular events (P=0.018), but no relationship between IMT and events. The results for inter-observer variability showed a systematic error between 0.04 mm and 0.08 mm. In the Person Rho correlation analysis in no case a statistical association between IMT and symptoms was detected whereas in 2 cases (observer 1 and observer 2), a statistically significant association between IMTV and symptoms was found.

Conclusions: Data of this preliminary study suggest that IMTV may represent a powerful method to assess carotid atherosclerotic disease with a significant association to cerebrovascular events.

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Aqui completo

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Artigo mostra relação da variabilidade do IMT no modo automático mais significativo que o próprio IMT.

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Estudo preliminar mas interessante.

Cansamos de ver IMT rugosas que parecem cascas de nozes mas são abaixo de 1,0 mm.

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