Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

Patients who switch to low-carb diets typically show CIMT staying stable or improving. CIMT testing can detect whether arterial walls are thickening or thinning over time with greater sensitivity than tracking plaque volume on CT. Revertin…

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Patients who switch to low-carb diets typically show CIMT staying stable or improving. CIMT testing can detect whether arterial walls are thickening or thinning over time with greater sensitivity than tracking plaque volume on CT. Reverting from a ketogenic diet to a high-carbohydrate diet produces measurable carotid artery wall thickening visible on CIMT within weeks.