The correlation between femoral intima-media thickness (F.IMT) and the severity of coronary artery damage in patients with coronary artery disease

A pre-clinical sign of atherosclerisis is hypertrophy of arterial wall. Femoral intima-media thickness is noninvasive marker of arterial wall alteration, which can easily be assessed by high resolusion B mode ultrasound. Aims: To investigate the correlation between femoral intima-media thickness and the severity of coronary artery diseases.