Assessment of a B-Mode Ultrasound Technique for the Measurement of Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myocardial Infarction; Atherosclerosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00001904

99-I-0085

990085

Details and patient eligibility

About

This minimal risk protocol is designed to assess the reproducibility of B-mode ultrasound measurements of carotid intima media thickness (IMT) when the scans are performed in CC Radiology and read using a computerized edge reader. Up to 20 volunteers will have two ultrasounds performed within a 6-month period. IMT thickness is used as a surrogate marker for atherosclerosis and may be of value in clinical trials.

Full description

This minimal risk protocol is designed to assess the reproducibility of B-mode ultrasound measurements of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) when the scans are performed in CC Radiology and read using a computerized edge reader. Up to 50 volunteers will have two ultrasounds performed within a 6-month period. IMT thickness is used as a surrogate marker for atherosclerosis and may be of value in clinical trials.

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Adult (age 18 or older).

Desire to participate in the study; willing and able to provide informed consent.

No history of stroke or carotid disease.