Interrelationships between indices of longitudinal movement of the common carotid artery wall and the conventional measures of subclinical arteriosclerosis.
Our objective was to study the interrelationships between longitudinal movement of the wall of the common carotid artery and the conventional measures of arteriosclerosis in a large and well-characterized study population. Successful longitudinal movement analyses were performed on 292 subjects. The peak-to-peak and retrograde amplitudes of the longitudinal movement were directly correlated with carotid artery distensibility (r = 0·21, P<0·001 and r = 0·23, P<0·001, respectively) and inversely correlated with pulse wave velocity (r = -0·14, P<0·05 and r = -0·17, P<0·01, respectively). All longitudinal motion parameters were independent of brachial flow-mediated dilatation and intima-media thickness. Our findings indicate that arterial stiffening modulates longitudinal movement and, therefore, measurement of longitudinal movement can be of value in the assessment of vascular health.
['Taivainen|S Helena|SH|', 'Yli-Ollila|Heikki|H|', 'Juonala|Markus|M|', 'Kähönen|Mika|M|', 'Raitakari|Olli T|OT|', 'Laitinen|Tiina M|TM|', 'Laitinen|Tomi P|TP|']
D000328:Adult D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena D001783:Blood Flow Velocity D001916:Brachial Artery D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases D017536:Carotid Artery, Common D059168:Carotid Intima-Media Thickness D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D005260:Female D005387:Finland D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D008955:Models, Cardiovascular D011237:Predictive Value of Tests D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis D012039:Regional Blood Flow D014463:Ultrasonography D059289:Vascular Stiffness D014664:Vasodilation D014741:Video Recording
carotid artery distensibility pulse wave velocity flow-mediated dilatation intima-media thickness arterial stiffness motion tracking ultrasound imaging