Carotid intima-media thickness and risk of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients: Results of the Osaka Follow-Up Study for Carotid Atherosclerosis 2 (OSACA2 Study)

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Kitagawa, Kazuo ^a   Hougaku, Hidetaka ^a   Yamagami, Hiroshi ^b   Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^c   Itoh, Taiji ^d   Shimizu, Yoshiomi ^d   Takahashi, Daisuke ^e   Murata, Shinji ^f   Seike, Yujiro ^g   Kondo, Kimito ^b   Hoshi, Taku ^a   Furukado, Shigetaka ^a   Abe, Yuko ^a   Yagita, Yoshiki ^a   Sakaguchi, Manabu ^a   Tagaya, Masafumi ^c   Etani, Hideki ^c   Fukunaga, Ryuzo ^d   Nagai, Yoji ^h   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^h   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   more..

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Osaka Hospital   (Japan)

^d HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^h HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular events; Carotid atherosclerosis; Intima media thickness; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34347373518     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103114     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Handa N, Matsumoto M, Maeda H, Hougaku H, Ogawa S, Fukunaga R, Yoneda S, Kimura K, Kamada T: Ultrasonic evaluation of early carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 1990;21:1567-1572.
2. Mannami T, Konishi M, Baba S, Nishi N, Terao A: Prevalence of asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis lesions detected by high-resolution ultrasonography and its relation to cardiovascular risk factors in the general population of a Japanese city. The Suita Study. Stroke 1997;28:518-525.
3. O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA: Distribution and correlates of sonographically detected carotid artery disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke 1992;23:1752-1760.
4. Nagai Y, Metter EJ, Earley CJ, Kemper MK, Becker LC, Lakatta EG, Fleg JL: Increased carotid artery intimal-medial thickness in asymptomatic older subjects with exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. Circulation 1998;98:1504-1509.
5. Craven TE, Ryu JE, Espeland MA, Kahl F, McKinney WM, Toole JF, McMahan MR, Thompson CJ, Heiss G, Crouse JR 3rd: Evaluation of the associations between carotid artery atherosclerosis and coronary artery stenosis. A case-control study. Circulation 1990;82:1230-1242.
6. Sakaguchi M, Kitagawa K, Nagai Y, Yamagami H, Kondo K, Matsushita K, Oku N, Hougaku H, Ohtsuki T, Masuyama T, Matsumoto M, Hori M: Equivalence of plaque score and intima-media thickness of carotid ultrasonography for predicting severe coronary artery lesion. Ultrasound Med Biol 2003;29:367-371.
7. Shimizu Y, Kitagawa K, Nagai Y, Narita M, Hougaku H, Masuyama T, Matsumoto M, Hori M: Carotid atherosclerosis as a risk factor for complex aortic lesions in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Circ J 2003;67:597-600.
8. O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Manolio TA, Burke GL, Wolfson SK Jr: Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults: Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med 1999;340:14-22.
9. Chambless LE, Heiss G, Folsom AR, Rosamond W, Szkio M, Sharrett AR, Clegg LX: Association of coronary heart disease incidence with carotid arterial wall thickness and major risk factors: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 1987-1993. Am J Epidemiol 1007;146:483-494.
10. Bots ML, Hoes AW, Koudstaal PJ, Hofman A, Grobbee DE: Common carotid intima-media thickness and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction: the Rotterdam Study. Circulation 1997;96:1432-1437.
11. Kitamaura A, Iso H, Imano H, Ohira T, Okada T, Sato S, Kiyama M, Tanigawa T, Yamagishi K, Shimamoto T: Carotid intima-media thickness and plaque characteristics as a risk factor for stroke in Japanese elderly men. Stroke 2004;35:2788-2794.
12. Lorenz MW, von Kegler S, Steinmetz H, Markus HS, Sitzer M: Carotid intima-media thickness indicates a higher vascular risk across a wide age range. Prospective data from Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study (CAPS). Stroke 2006;37:87-92.
13. Humphries SE, Morgan L: Genetic risk factors for stroke and carotid atherosclerosis: insights into pathophysiology from candidate gene approaches. Lancet Neurol 2004;3:227-235.
14. Handa N, Matsumoto M, Maeda H, Hougaku H, Kamada T for the OSACA Study Group: Ischemic stroke events and carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 1995;26:1781-1786.
15. Staub D, Meyerhans A, Bundi B, Schmidt HP, Frauchiger B: Prediction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: comparison of the internal carotid artery resistive index with the common carotid artery intima-media thickness. Stroke 2006;800-805.
16. Del Sol AI, Moons KGM, Hollander M, Hofman A, Koudstaal PJ, Grobbee DE, Breteler MMB, Witteman JCM, Bots ML: Is carotid intima-media thickness useful in cardiovascular disease risk assessment? The Rotterdam Study. Stroke 2001;32:1532-1538.
17. Amarenco P, Labreuche J, Lavallee P, Touboul PJ: Statins in stroke prevention and carotid atherosclerosis. Systematic review and up-to-date meta-analysis. Stroke 2004;35:2902-2909
18. Lonn EM, Yusuf S, Dzavik V, Doris I, Yi Q, Smith S, Moore-Cox A, Bosch J, Riley WA, Teo KK: Effects of ramipril and vitamin E on atherosclerosis. The study to evaluate carotid ultrasound changes in patients treated with ramipril and vitamin E (SECURE). Circulation 2001;103:919-925.
19. Libby P: Inflammation in atherosclerosis. Nature 2002;420;868-874.
20. Ridker PM, Brown NJ, Vaughan DE, Harrison DG, Mehta JL: Established and emerging plasma biomarkers in the prediction of first atherothrombotic events. Circulation 2004;109(suppl 1):IV6-IV19.
21. Hashimoto H, Kitagawa K, Hougaku H, Shimizu Y, Sakaguchi M, Nagai Y, Iyama S, Yamanishi H, Matsumoto M, Hori M: C-reactive protein is an independent predictor of the rate of increase in early carotid atherosclerosis. Circulation 2001;104:63-67.