Evaluation of possible subclinical atherosclerosis in adolescents with a family history of premature atherosclerosis

► We aimed to evaluate the adolescents who are at high risk of premature atherosclerosis. ► Thirty-three subjects who have a father with a history of obstructive coronary artery disease before the age 40 and 30 controls were enrolled to the study. ► Carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocity values were higher in the risky group, but these differences were not statistically significant. ► Present methods failed to show expected subclinical atherosclerosis in risky adolescents.