Angiology

Researchers at Columbia University publish new data on angiology

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, October 14th, 2007

Data detailed in 'Carotid artery distensibility: a reliability study' have been presented. According to a study from the United States, "Carotid distensibility (CD) is a measure of carotid artery elasticity that has been introduced as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Information regarding reproducibility of sonographic CD measures is limited."

"The objective of this study was to evaluate the inter-reader reliability of sonographic measurements of common carotid artery (CCA) diameters and derived metrics of CD. Two independent readers (R1 and R2) measured the systolic diameter (SD) and diastolic diameter (DD) for the right CCA from the B/M-mode sonographic...

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Source: Medical Device Law Weekly (2007-10-14)

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