Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical
Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular
Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement from the
American Society of Echocardiography
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force
Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine
James H. Stein, MD, FASE, Claudia E. Korcarz, DVM, RDCS, FASE, R. Todd Hurst, MD,
Eva Lonn MD, MSc, FASE, Christopher B. Kendall, BS, RDCS, Emile R. Mohler, MD,
Samer S. Najjar, MD, Christopher M. Rembold, MD, and Wendy S. Post, MD, MS,
Madison, Wisconsin; Scottsdale, Arizona; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore,
Maryland; and Charlottesville, Virginia
O DEPECO dos americanos resolveu dar uma força para as carótidas, cada vez mais fundamentada para ser “o” exames diagnóstico de Aterosclerose Subclínica.
