Key result
Calculated intima-media area of both the common carotid and brachial arteries were independently and significantly associated with ventricular septum thickness in patients with previous MI (P<0.05).
Population
123 patients with a previous acute myocardial infarction (MI)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May link peripheral arterial remodeling to post-MI hypertrophy; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cross-Sectional (n=123)
No
p-value: p=< 0.05
In patients with previous myocardial infarction, the calculated intima-media area of both the brachial and common carotid arteries correlates with ventricular septum thickness, suggesting a link between peripheral vascular structural changes and cardiac hypertrophy.
Agewall et al. (2005) conducted a cross-sectional in previous acute myocardial infarction (n=123). Calculated intima-media area (cIMa) of the brachial and common carotid arteries was evaluated on Association between cIMa and cardiac hypertrophy (ventricular septum thickness) (p=< 0.05). Calculated intima-media area of both the common carotid and brachial arteries were independently and significantly associated with ventricular septum thickness in patients with previous MI (P<0.05).
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