Echotomography of the carotid axes is an inexpensive, non-invasive and therefore easily repeatable test that allows the determination of carotid damage in the preclinical phase and with it a staging of the patient with arterial hypertension

Why use echotomography

With this method it is possible to make accurate measurements of the thickness of the intima media complex (IMT) of the carotid wall for a quantitative assessment of the extent of vascular damage.

The quantitative analysis is performed by taking 12 measurements at the distal third of the common carotid artery, the bulb and the proximal third of the internal carotid artery for both right and left carotids.

Accuracy in these measurements can be up to a tenth of a millimetre.

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