The usefulness of B-mode ultrasound scan and correlation of carotid intima-media thickness with extent and severity of coronary artery disease

A significant linear correlation between IMT and advancing CAD observed by A Kablak-Ziembicka. Daniel H. O'Leary has reported the prevalence and severity of carotid atherosclerosis continued to increase with age even in the late decades of life. In the present study IMT thickness was increased with age and mean CIMT was found greater for significant CAD as compared to non-significant CAD and for normal coronary arteries thus CIMT may be a clinically valuable parameter in diagnosis of non-significant and significant CAD.