Carotid Artery Stiffness Mechanisms in Hypertension and Their Association with Echolucency and Texture Features: The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

ABSTRACT: Arterial stiffness, echolucency and texture features are altered with hypertension and associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. The relationship between these markers and structural and load-dependent artery wall changes in hypertension are poorly understood. The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a longitudinal study of 6814 adults from six communities across the United States designed to study subclinical cardiovascular disease. From B-mode imaging of the right common carotid artery at the baseline MESA examination, we calculated carotid artery Young's elastic modulus (YEM, n = 5894) and carotid artery gray-scale texture features (n = 1403). The standard YEM calculation represented total arterial stiffness. Structural stiffness was calculated by adjusting YEM t

SUBMITTER: Pewowaruk R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9529864 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature