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Elisabetta Bianchini¹, Chiara Giannarelli, Rosa Maria Bruno

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Ultrasound can detect early vascular damage, like increased intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness, to identify patients at high cardiovascular risk. These subclinical markers aid in personalized prevention strategies beyond traditional risk factors.

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Area of Science:

Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical Imaging
Preventive Cardiology

Background:

Classical cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension) are insufficient for comprehensive risk stratification.
Subclinical vascular damage, detectable via ultrasound, identifies 'vulnerable' patients for targeted prevention.
Early atherosclerosis, indicated by increased common carotid intima-media thickness, correlates with coronary and cerebrovascular disease.

Purpose of the Study:

To review clinical evidence supporting the use of ultrasound-assessed vascular biomarkers for cardiovascular risk stratification.
To highlight the importance of accurate and reliable methodologies for assessing vascular markers.
To explore the potential of vascular markers in improving cardiovascular prevention strategies.

Main Methods:

Review of clinical evidence on ultrasound-based vascular biomarkers.
Assessment of intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery.
Evaluation of arterial stiffness and flow-mediated dilation of peripheral arteries.

Main Results:

Increased common carotid intima-media thickness is a recognized marker of early atherosclerosis.
Increased arterial stiffness, detected by ultrasound, predicts future cardiovascular events and is a target organ in hypertension.
Endothelial dysfunction (reduced flow-mediated dilation) is an early vascular abnormality with potential future clinical utility.

Conclusions:

Ultrasound-assessed vascular biomarkers (intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness, flow-mediated dilation) enhance cardiovascular risk stratification.
Accurate and robust methodologies are crucial for improving the predictive value of these vascular markers.
Wider adoption of standardized vascular marker assessment in routine clinical practice can improve cardiovascular prevention.