Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of death and disability worldwide, accounting for the majority of deaths from noncommunicable diseases. Important risk factors such as smoking, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, or dyslipidemia draw more attention from physicians. However, individuals can develop subclinical atherosclerosis even if they do not have traditional cardiovascular risk factors or symptoms since it is a slowly progressive disease, with arteries affected by thickening, stiffness, loss of elasticity, and increased wall fragility to stenosis and lumen […]