Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39975883›Full record

ArticleIndian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2025

Role of femoral intima-media thickness in risk prediction and assessment of severity of coronary artery disease.

Atul Kaushik, Surendra Patel, Sourabh Goswami, Pawan Garg, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Danishwar Meena, Madhusudan Katti, Anupam Das, Rahul Choudhary, Surender Deora and 1 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Atul KaushikDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Surendra PatelDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1474-6738
Sourabh GoswamiDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Pawan GargDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Akhil Dhanesh GoelDepartment of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Danishwar MeenaDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Madhusudan KattiDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Anupam DasDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Rahul ChoudharyDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Surender DeoraDepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Alok Kumar SharmaDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background/objective: Atherosclerosis is a systemic multifocal disease which most commonly involves branching points of the large and medium-sized arteries. The carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT) is an established marker for increased cardiovascular risk and cerebrovascular disease. In this study, we aimed to establish the role of femoral intima-media thickness (FIMT) in predicting cardiovascular risk in angiographically confirmed patients of coronary artery disease (CAD) when compared with apparently healthy patients (having normal coronary angiogram). Methods: A total of 114 consecutive patients presented at our institute with symptoms of CAD who underwent coronary angiogram were included in the study. After the coronary angiogram, patients were divided into three groups, group A having normal coronary angiogram, group B having CAD with a synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with taxus and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score of more than 22, and group C having CAD with a SYNTAX score of 22 or less. The Doppler ultrasound of the bilateral femoral artery in each patient was done 1 day before a coronary angiogram and FIMT was recorded. Results: There was a significant difference ( Conclusion: The FIMT has a strong correlation with coronary artery disease. With the help of this non-invasive tool, we can diagnose subclinical atherosclerosis and it may contribute to the prevention of CAD and its severe manifestations. Graphical abstract:

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisCarotid intima-media thicknessCoronary artery diseaseFemoral intima-media thickness

Identifiers

PMID39975883
PMCPMC11833012

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.