Does carotid artery reactivity (CAR%) correlate with cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery vasodilator responses in asymptomatic, healthy volunteers?
Carotid artery reactivity (CAR%) may serve as a valuable non-invasive technique to assess cardiovascular risk and reflect coronary artery vasodilator function.
Older age and cardiovascular risk factors are related to lower CAR%, while CAR% shows good correlation with coronary artery responses to the CPT. Therefore, CAR% may represent a valuable technique to assess cardiovascular risk, while CAR% seems to reflect coronary artery vasodilator function.
Mil et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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