A comparative study of arterial stiffness, flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery, and the thickness of the carotid artery intimamedia in patients with systemic …

P Soltész, H Dér, G Kerekes, P Szodoray, G Szücs… - Clinical …, 2009 - Springer
… of the intimamedia thickness of the common carotid artery (… (AIx) are parameters of arterial
stiffness and wave reflection. PWV … We also wished to compare arterial stiffness assessed by …

Trend towards increased arterial stiffness or intimamedia thickness in ankylosing spondylitis patients without clinically evident cardiovascular disease

S Mathieu, H Joly, G Baron, A Tournadre… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… The objectives of this study are to assess intimamedia thickness (IMT) and arterial stiffness
(ie … and to examine the effects of TNF-α inhibitors on arterial stiffness in active AS patients. …

Associations between dietary patterns and arterial stiffness, carotid artery intima-media thickness and atherosclerosis

E Kesse-Guyot, AC Vergnaud, L Fezeu… - European Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… We observed only a slight association between a marker of arterial stiffness, namely … As
arterial stiffness is primarily determined by ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ properties of the arterial

Normative values for intimamedia thickness and distensibility of large arteries in healthy adolescents

C Jourdan, E Wühl, M Litwin, K Fahr… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
… wall distension to the logarithm of wall pressure to obtain a measure of arterial wall
stiffness (= stiffness index, β), which was shown to be independent of BP in normotensive and …

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in arterial stiffness and intima media thickness among adolescents

RC Thurston, KA Matthews - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
… show greater arterial stiffness and intima media thickness … pulse wave velocity and intima
media thickness, as assessed … and to a lesser extent, intima media thickness, were evident. …

Arterial stiffness, carotid artery intima-media thickness and plasma myeloperoxidase level in children with type 1 diabetes

K Heilman, M Zilmer, K Zilmer, M Lintrop… - Diabetes research and …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The present study investigated the functional–structural changes of the arteries
along with a new biochemical marker of atherosclerosis, plasma myeloperoxidase level, in …

Current and adolescent body fatness and fat distribution: relationships with carotid intimamedia thickness and large artery stiffness at the age of 36 years

I Ferreira, JWR Twisk, W van Mechelen… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
… but not total adiposity was associated with increased arterial stiffness at age 36. At age 36, …
with arterial stiffness, while the associations between total adiposity and arterial stiffness

Comparison of carotid intima-media thickness, arterial stiffness, and brachial artery flow mediated dilatation in diabetic and nondiabetic subjects (The Chennai Urban …

R Ravikumar, R Deepa, CS Shanthirani… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
artery disease in urban India in the last 40 years.9 Similarly, we also documented increased
carotid intima-media … changes of the artery by measuring arterial stiffness and flow-mediated …

Aortic stiffness and carotid intimamedia thickness: two independent markers of subclinical vascular damage in young adults?

A Oren, LE Vos, C Uiterwaal… - European journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… These similarities suggest that arterial stiffness may play a role … the relation of arterial stiffness
to subclinical atherosclerosis … it has been suggested that arterial stiffness may play a role in …

Common carotid artery intimamedia thickness determinants in a population study

E Vicenzini, MC Ricciardi, F Puccinelli… - Journal of ultrasound …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… As a matter of fact, in stiffer arteries, the systolic blood pulse is … Stiffer arteries have also
been shown to be associated with … All these changes, associated with stiffer arteries, could …