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Does B-mode common carotid artery intima-media thickness differ from M-model?

L M Van Bortel1, F H Vanmolkot, J J van der Heijden-Spek

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Maastricht University, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands. luc.vanbortel@rug.ac.be

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
|December 4, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Common carotid artery intima-media thickness measurement using B-mode and M-mode ultrasonography shows acceptable agreement. Both B-mode (B-IMT) and M-mode (M-IMT) techniques for assessing atherosclerosis risk are comparable.

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