When Wayne Williams was 48, he decided to get proactive about his health. Four years ago, the Liberty Lake, Wash. man had normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels and ate a healthy diet, but was ...

The true prognostic implication of carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) remains a major question for clinicians and the preventive cardiology community. The merits of using CIMT for assessing ...

Philip Lerner has been a patient of Dr. Marc Weinberg's for years. Seven months ago, Lerner was introduced to something new. Using a Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (IMT) ultrasound test, Weinberg saw ...

Milwaukee, WI - Proponents of carotid ultrasonography say the test is an accurate predictor of future cardiac risk and can be used to motivate patients to take their prescribed drugs, a feature story ...

November 15, 2010 (Chicago, Illinois) — The major cardiology professional societies are emphasizing the primary role of traditional risk factors in assessing cardiovascular risk in otherwise-healthy ...