Are pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, and intima-media thickness early indicators of vascular damage in asymptomatic, normotensive hypercholesterolemic children?
Pulse wave velocity and augmentation index are early indicators of vascular damage in asymptomatic, normotensive hypercholesterolemic children, highlighting the role of hypercholesterolemia in early arterial mechanical impairment.
Our findings show that local and systemic arterial stiffness are increased in asymptomatic, normotensive HCh children, suggesting that HCh plays a key role in arterial mechanical impairment since the paediatric age.
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