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- Title
Aortic distensibility and aortic intima-media thickness in patients without clinical manifestation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
- Authors
Elbasan, Zafer; Sahin, Durmuş Yıldıray; Gür, Mustafa; Kalkan, Gülhan Yüksel; Yıldız, Ali; Kaya, Zekeriya; Kıvrak, Ali; Gözübüyük, Gökhan; Özdoğru, Ibrahim; Çaylı, Murat
- Abstract
There is growing evidence that aortic distensibility (AD) is a subclinical marker of early atherosclerosis. Aortic intima-media thickness (IMT) was an earlier marker than carotid IMT of preclinical atherosclerosis. In this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between thoracic aortic IMT and AD.
- Publication
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 2013, Vol 30, Issue 4, p407
- ISSN
1540-8175
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.12066