February 1, 1993Journal of Hypertension

Faster ageing of the carotid artery bifurcation in borderline hypertensive subjects

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Male subjects including borderline hypertensives, age-matched normotensive controls, and young normotensive…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

TMTiny Van MerodeMaastricht University PBPeter J. BrandsInnovation (Latvia)AHArnold P.G. HoeksCardiac Imaging

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May signal early regional carotid stiffening in borderline hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal validation before clinical use.

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Population

Male subjects including borderline hypertensives (mean age 38 years, 16 bifurcations), age-matched normotensive controls (15 bifurcations), and young normotensive controls (mean age 24 years, 18 bifurcations) from a population study.

Comparator

Normotensive age-matched controls and normotensive young male subjects

Outcome

Arterial distensibility at various sites along the carotid artery bifurcation measured non-invasively by ultrasoundsurrogate

Borderline hypertension is associated with accelerated aging and increased stiffness of the carotid artery bifurcation, particularly at the proximal carotid bulb.

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Merode et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a98dcb08dd43e32a8aef8f0 https://doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199302000-00009

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Hypertension management

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May signal early regional carotid stiffening in borderline hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal validation before clinical use.

Faster ageing of the carotid artery bifurcation in borderline hypertensive subjects

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Faster ageing of the carotid artery bifurcation in borderline hypertensive subjects

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