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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2019

Natural History of Atherosclerosis and Abdominal Aortic Intima-Media Thickness: Rationale, Evidence, and Best Practice for Detection of Atherosclerosis in the Young.

Michael R Skilton, David S Celermajer, Erich Cosmi, Fatima Crispi, Samuel S Gidding, Olli T Raitakari, Elaine M Urbina

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Michael R SkiltonBoden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia. michael.skilton@sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-2793-2388
David S CelermajerSydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.
Erich CosmiDepartment of Woman's and Child's Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Fatima CrispiBCNatal-Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Deu), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Samuel S GiddingFH Foundation, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA.
Olli T RaitakariCentre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland.
Elaine M UrbinaHeart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.

Funding

National Heart Foundation of Australia 100419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis underlies most myocardial infarctions and ischemic strokes. The timing of onset and the rate of progression of atherosclerosis differ between individuals and among arterial sites. Physical manifestations of atherosclerosis may begin in early life, particularly in the abdominal aorta. Measurement of the abdominal aortic intima-media thickness by external ultrasound is a non-invasive methodology for quantifying the extent and severity of early atherosclerosis in children, adolescents, and young adults. This review provides an evidence-based rationale for the assessment of abdominal aortic intima-media thickness-particularly as an age-appropriate methodology for studying the natural history of atherosclerosis in the young in comparison to other methodologies-establishes best practice methods for assessing abdominal aortic intima-media thickness, and identifies key gaps in the literature, including those that will identify the clinical relevance of this measure.

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aortaatherosclerosisintima-media thicknessultrasound

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PMID31408952
PMCPMC6723244

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