What is in this article?:
- Go With the Flow
- NUTRITION
- Pass on the salt
- Boost HDL.
- Combine fish oil and exercise.
- Coronary calcium scan
- Exercise regularly.
- Breathe fresh air.
- Look inside
- PLAC test
- Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) test
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) test
Detects early atherosclerosis (thickening and hardening of the arteries) by using an ultrasound to measure the thickness of the carotid arteries in the neck.
Source: Dennis Goodman, MD, FACC.
