Early vascular aging is a process characterized by a reduction in arterial elastin with an increase in collagen that has been related to cardiovascular risk factor and can determine an increased arterial stiffness and central blood pressure. It can be measured by several non invasive methods and in different arterial segment. The present paper will focus on functional (local stiffness parameter) and structural (intima media thickness) carotid arteries alterations typically evaluated by ultrasound methods. Methodological, research and clinical issue has been reviewed.
Maloberti, A., Meani, P., Varrenti, M., Giupponi, L., Stucchi, M., Vallerio, P., et al. (2015). Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Carotid Artery and Their Relation with EVA Phenomenon. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE & CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION, 22(4), 373-379 [10.1007/s40292-015-0100-9].
Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Carotid Artery and Their Relation with EVA Phenomenon
MALOBERTI, ALESSANDROPrimo
;MEANI, PAOLOSecondo
;VARRENTI, MARISA;GIUPPONI, LUCA;STUCCHI, MIRIAM;GIANNATTASIO, CRISTINA
Ultimo
2015
Abstract
Early vascular aging is a process characterized by a reduction in arterial elastin with an increase in collagen that has been related to cardiovascular risk factor and can determine an increased arterial stiffness and central blood pressure. It can be measured by several non invasive methods and in different arterial segment. The present paper will focus on functional (local stiffness parameter) and structural (intima media thickness) carotid arteries alterations typically evaluated by ultrasound methods. Methodological, research and clinical issue has been reviewed.
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