BACKGROUND Menopausal transition is critical for the development of early, subclinical vascular damage. Multiple factors, such as atherosclerosis, increased epicardial fat, and endothelial dysfunction can play a role. Hence, the objective of this study was the comparison of epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima media thickness in order to establish the best predictor of carotid stiffness...

OBJECTIVE Obesity is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms by which obesity affects cardiovascular risk have not been fully elucidated. This paper reports a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on obesity and two key aspects of vascular health using gold-standard non-invasive measures - arterial endothelial function (brachial flow-mediated dilatation...

Background: Changes in the properties of large arteries correlate with higher cardiovascular risk. Recent guidelines have included the assessment of those properties to detect subclinical disease. Establishing reference values for the assessment methods as well as determinants of the arterial parameters and their correlations in healthy individuals is important to stratify patients. Objective: ...

To evaluate ultrasonographically determined intima-media thickness as a measure of early atherosclerosis, three studies were performed. Ultrasound measurements of intima-media thickness in the carotid artery were directly validated by comparing the same thickness measured by light microscopy. The values were closely correlated (r = .82, P < .001). Intima-media thickness determined by light micr...

BACKGROUND Dietary intake of linolenic acid is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality. However, it is unknown whether linolenic acid is associated with a lower risk of carotid atherosclerosis. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine the association between dietary linolenic acid and the presence of atherosclerotic plaques and the intima-media thickness of the carotid ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) is known to be associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events. Limited information exists regarding the importance of sex differences for the association between hsCRP and the progression of early stages of atherosclerosis. Therefore, we investigated the effect of hsCRP on early carotid atherosclerosis progression and...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has emerged as an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, OSA is frequently associated with several risk factors for atherosclerosis, including hypertension (HTN). The impact of OSA and HTN alone compared with the association of both conditions on carotid atherosclerosis is not understood. We studied 94 middle-aged participants free of smoking and dia...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 aim : this study aimed to evaluate the effect of nafld on cimt as a risk factor for atherosclerosis. background : the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is increasing worldwide due to rise of obesity and diabetes mellitus (dm) prevalence. non-invasive assessment of carotid intima-media thickness (cimt)...