A 78-year-old female with severe tongue pain: benefit of modern ultrasound

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 1 Intima-media thickness values on admission, at 3-month and 6-month follow-up

Artery	IMT cut-off value (mm) [7]	Right side (mm)			Left side (mm)
Artery	IMT cut-off value (mm) [7]	Admission	After 3 months	After 6 months	Admission	After 3 months	After 6 months
Axillary artery	1.0	1.09*	0.73	0.62	0.73	0.60	0.63
Vertebral artery	not defined	1.96	0.45	0.57	1.56	0.58	0.43
Common superficial temporal artery	0.42	0.43*	0.25	0.25	0.49*	0.30	0.23
Frontal branch	0.34	0.39*	0.33	0.19	0.37*	0.26	0.15
Parietal branch	0.29	0.44*	0.30*	0.19	0.49*	0.33*	0.17
Occipital artery	not defined	0.28	0.23	0.15	0.22	0.20	0.14
Facial artery	0.37	0.59*	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.34	0.23

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