Vascular ultrasound and cardiovascular risk assessment
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Vascular ultrasound is able to detect endothelial dysfunction, arterial \nstructural remodeling and increased arterial stiffness. These alterations have \nbeen shown to be associated with established and emerging cardiovascular risk \nfactors and with incident cardiovascular events. Therefore, vascular ultrasound \nhas been proposed to evaluate the role of different risk factors in the initiation \nand progression of atherosclerotic process, to study vascular aging and \nthe relationship between arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis, to assess the \nefficacy of life-style and therapeutic interventions, and to improve the estimation \nof individual cardiovascular risk. The present paper provides a critical overview \nof the clinical evidence appraising the association of flow-mediated dilation, \ncarotid and femoral intima-media thickness and plaque presence as well as \nlocal arterial stiffness with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events.
Authors: M. Kozàkovà, Carlo Palombo
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2300326529