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Interrelationships between indices of longitudinal movement of the common carotid artery wall and the conventional measures of subclinical arteriosclerosis
Author(s) -
Taivainen S. Helena,
YliOllila Heikki,
Juonala Markus,
Kähönen Mika,
Raitakari Olli T.,
Laitinen Tiina M.,
Laitinen Tomi P.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical physiology and functional imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-097X
pISSN - 1475-0961
DOI - 10.1111/cpf.12305
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , longitudinal study , common carotid artery , pulse wave velocity , subclinical infection , arteriosclerosis , brachial artery , population , arterial stiffness , carotid arteries , artery , blood pressure , pathology , environmental health
Summary 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.