Background: Arterial stiffness is increasingly used as an early marker of atherosclerosis and for the individual's assessment of cardiovascular risk. Ultrasound wall tracking allows assessing the ...

Thickening of intima-media complex in the common carotid artery is a biomarker of atherosclerosis. To automatically measure this thickness, we propose a region-based segmentation method, involving a ...

Coronary artery aneurysms are commonly of atherosclerotic origin and are frequently asymptomatic. However, they may have varied presentations including angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden death.

Abstract The authors describe a case of an infrequent triple association: left pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA), uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), diagnosed in a ...

Duplex ultrasound is noninvasive and does not require the use of radiation or contrast to image arteries, although dedicated and trained technical and medical personnel are required to perform and ...