Research Article, Int J Cardiovasc Res Vol: 2 Issue: 1
Association of Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Periscope Markers with Coronary Artery Disease, Risk factors and Biomarkers in Asian Indians
| Jayashree Shanker1,2*, Satish Govind3, Dhanalakshmi Bhaskar1, Pruthvi Diana Vaz1, Vandana Ravindran4, Vinoth Kumar4 and Vijay Vir Kakkar5,6 | |
| 1Clinical Research Unit, Thrombosis Research Institute, Bangalore, India | |
| 2Mary & Garry Weston Functional Genomics Unit, Thrombosis Research Institute, Bangalore, India | |
| 3Non Invasive Cardiology and Echolab, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India | |
| 4Elizabeth and Emanuel Kaye Bioinformatics and Statistics Unit, Thrombosis Research Institute, Bangalore, India | |
| 5Scientific Chairman and Managing Trustee, Thrombosis Research Institute, Bangalore, India | |
| 6President, Thrombosis Research Institute, London, UK | |
| Corresponding author : Dr. Jayashree Shanker Section-in-charge, Clinical Research Unit, Head, Mary and Garry Weston Functional Genomics Unit, Thrombosis Research Institute, India, 258/A Bommasandra Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore 560099, India Tel: +91-80-27835303; Fax: +91-80-27835302 E-mail: [email protected] |
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| Received: December 13, 2012 Accepted: January 10, 2013 Published: January 25, 2013 | |
| Citation: Shanker J, Govind S, Bhaskar D, Vaz PD, Ravindran V, et al. (2013) Association of Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Periscope Markers with Coronary Artery Disease, Risk factors and Biomarkers in Asian Indians. Int J Cardiovasc Res 2:1. doi:10.4172/2324-8602.1000118 |
Abstract
Association of Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Periscope Markers with Coronary Artery Disease, Risk factors and Biomarkers in Asian Indians
Surrogate sub clinical markers provide an important dimension to cardiovascular risk stratification. We studied the association of carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and Periscope markers with CAD, classical risk factors and cardiac biomarkers in a cohort of 125 CAD patients with strong family history of cardiovascular disease and 585 unaffected family members selected from the Indian Atherosclerosis Research Study.
