Screening young to middle-aged patients with ultrasound for carotid plaque or carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is likely to uncover cardiovascular risk in patients with a low Framingham risk score (FRS). In addition, carotid ultrasound proved better than a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score via CT to predict risk, according to two studies in the August issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.
