Carotid plaques, but not common carotid intima–media thickness, are independently associated with aortic stiffness
@article{Zureik2002CarotidPB, title={Carotid plaques, but not common carotid intima–media thickness, are independently associated with aortic stiffness}, author={Mahmoud Zureik and Mohammed Temmar and Chris Adamopoulos and J M Bureau and Dominique Courbon and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}rique Thomas and Kathryn E Bean and Pierre Jean Touboul and Pierre Ducimetiere and Athanase Benetos}, journal={Journal of Hypertension}, year={2002}, volume={20}, pages={85-93} }
Objective It has been suggested that non-invasive aortic stiffness measurements can be used as an indicator of atherosclerosis. The relationships of arterial stiffness with arterial wall hypertrophy and atherosclerosis however, have rarely been investigated in large-scale studies. The present study reports the associations of carotid arterial structure assessed by B-mode ultrasound with carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity in hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects. Design and methods Free…
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