High Prevalence of Ultrasound Detected Carotid Atherosclerosis in Subjects with Low Framingham Risk Score: Potential Implications for Screening for Subclinical Atherosclerosis

In asymptomatic patients without CV disease, CIMT and plaque assessment are more likely to revise FRS than CAC. Body mass index predicts increased CIMT in low-FRS subjects. These findings may have broad implications for screening in low-FRS subjects.