Association of Carotid Hemodynamics With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in a Taiwanese Population With Essential Hypertension | Zendy

M. Y. Lee | Zendy; ChiaChin Wu | Zendy; ChihSheng Chu | Zendy; K. T. Lee | Zendy; S. H. Sheu | Zendy; Wen Ter Lai | Zendy

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Association of Carotid Hemodynamics With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in a Taiwanese Population With Essential Hypertension

Author(s) -

M. Y. Lee,

ChiaChin Wu,

ChihSheng Chu,

K. T. Lee,

S. H. Sheu,

Wen Ter Lai

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2008.160

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , essential hypertension , framingham risk score , hemodynamics , coronary artery disease , intima media thickness , common carotid artery , blood pressure , population , carotid arteries , disease , environmental health

The resistive index (RI) of the carotid artery is a hemodynamic parameter that depends on the degree of vascular resistance in hypertensive patients. The pulsatility index (PI) of the carotid artery was shown to be associated with microangiopathy in diabetic patients. In contrast to carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), no study has yet applied the carotid RI and PI to estimate coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.

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