Vascular diameter and intima-media thickness to diameter ratio values of the carotid artery in 642 healthy children.

ABSTRACT: In children, arterial alterations occur with increased intima-media thickness as well as vascular diameter enlargement. Both conditions correlate with higher cardiovascular risk in adults, and both the array and proportion of these alterations are important hemodynamic parameters. In terms of functional adaptation processes, they influence several arterial wall properties as for example the shear and tensile stress of the vessel. There are no reference values for the vascular diameter and intima-media thickness/diameter ratio of the carotid artery in children. Therefore, this study aimed to assess vascular diameter, intima-media thickness/diameter ratio and related tensile stress values in children and to further investigate the influence of sex, age, body mass index, and blood pressure. T

SUBMITTER: Semmler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7886737 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature