Open AccessUltrasonic evaluation of carotid artery elasticity in People Living with HIV
Author(s) -
Ning Zhao,
Xiulin Xiulin,
Weiliang Zeng,
Fuxiang Wang,
Changfeng Dong,
Chaobo Feng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-0341
pISSN - 2664-0333
DOI - 10.6913/mrhk.202106_3(2).0003
Subject(s) - medicine , pulse wave velocity , cardiology , ultrasound , carotid arteries , elasticity (physics) , triglyceride , artery , cholesterol , blood pressure , radiology , materials science , composite material
Objective To evaluate the quantitative parameters of carotid elasticity in healthy people and People Living With HIV(PLWH) by ultrasonic vascular elasticity quantitative technique, and to explore the feasibility of this technique in non-invasive evaluation of preclinical arterial elasticity in patients with PLWH atherosclerosis. Methods Subjects with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) 0.05). In HAART group, baPWV was linearly correlated with caPWV, with the left side correlation coefficient of 0.60 and the right side correlation coefficient of 0.57. Conclusion There is a decrease in preclinical elasticity of carotid artery in patients with PLWH who take antiviral therapy for a long time, and ultrasound vascular elasticity quantitative technique is helpful to identify this change.