A correlative study on the association of Brachial Arterial Intima Media Thickness (BA IMT) and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) so as to quantify BA IMT as a biomarker of atherosclerosis

摘要

ABSTRACT Carotid Intima Media Thickness is a marker of atherosclerosis and predictive risk factor of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). As carotid IMT estimation warranties high degree of expertise we searched for alternate sites IMT estimation. So the study was conducted to estimate and compare the BA IMT of patients diagnosed to have CAD (Group I) with age, gender matched healthy control (Group II) and its correlation with the Framingham's risk scores. Grey scale USG examination performed using M.