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Methodological Considerations of Ultrasound Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Lumen Diameter

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Atherosclerosis and its complications, myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death, are the industrialized world’s major health problem. Not many decades ago, there was a belief that atherosclerotic changes and their complications were a manifestation of aging – hence unavoidable and beyond human control.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank all coworkers and colleagues who for over 20 years have taken part in developing current knowledge around the ultrasound technique of measuring IMT, and I would like to name especially Associate Professor Inger Wendelhag and Professor Tomas Gustavsson for their outstanding contributions.

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  1. Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

    John C. M. Wikstrand

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  1. Imperial College, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

    Andrew Nicolaides

  2. , Dept. Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-6410, Washington, USA

    Kirk W. Beach

  3. Dept. Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Kallipoleos Street 75, Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus

    Efthivoulos Kyriacou

  4. Dept. Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Kallipoleos Street 75, Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus

    Constantinos S. Pattichis

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Wikstrand, J.C.M. (2011). Methodological Considerations of Ultrasound Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Lumen Diameter. In: Nicolaides, A., Beach, K., Kyriacou, E., Pattichis, C. (eds) Ultrasound and Carotid Bifurcation Atherosclerosis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-688-5_10

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