Carotid artery stiffness was associated with increased brain atrophy and WML volume in patients with arterial disease, but not with changes after 4 years.
Does stiffening of the carotid arteries lead to progression of structural brain changes in patients with manifest arterial disease?
While carotid stiffness correlates with baseline structural brain changes in patients with arterial disease, it does not predict longitudinal progression of brain atrophy or infarcts over 4 years.
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In this population of patients with manifest arterial disease, stiffening of the carotid arteries was cross-sectionally associated with more brain atrophy, WML volume, and nonlacunar infarcts, but did not lead to changes in brain volumes or infarcts after 4 years.
Jochemsen et al. (Thu,) reported a other. Carotid artery stiffness was associated with increased brain atrophy and WML volume in patients with arterial disease, but not with changes after 4 years.