Carotid intima-media thickness in young survivors of acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is considered to be a useful surrogate marker of coronary atherosclerosis. However, it is unclear whether this applies to young patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), in whom most cases are attributable to the destabilization of focal atheroma.

Objective: To assess CIMT in patients experiencing AMI at a young age.

A high ankle-brachial index is associated with increased aortic pulse wave velocity: the Czech post-MONICA study.

Background: Ankle brachial index (ABI) has been increasingly used in general practice to identify individuals with low ABI at high cardiovascular risk. However, there has been no consensus on the clinical significance of high ABI. The aim of our study was to compare aortic stiffness as a marker of cardiovascular risk in individuals with low (<1.