Low wall shear stress contributes to atherosclerosis of the carotid artery in hypertensive patients

Hypertension Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-207

  Jiang, Yinong ^a   Kohara, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Hiwada, Kunio ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Geriatric Medicine ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Intima media thickness; Plaque; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLE; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0032840420     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.22.203     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. Kamide K, Rakugi H, Nagano M, et al: Influence of aging on progression of cardiovascular complications associated with insulin resistance in patients with essential hypertension. Hypertens Res 1997; 20: 127-132.
2. Kawamori R: Insulin resistance seen in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Hypertens Res 1996; 19 (Suppl I): S61-S64.
3. Kohara K, Igase M, Jiang YN, et al: Asymptomatic cerebrovascular damages in essential hypertension in the elderly. Am J Hypertens 1997; 10: 829-835.
4. Cooke JP, Rossitch E Jr, Andon NA, Loscalzo J, Dzau VJ: Flow activates an endothelial potassium channel to release an endogenous nitrovasodilator. J Clin Invest 1991; 88: 1663-1671.
5. Harrison VJ, Ziegler T, Bouzourene K, Suciu A, Silacci P, Hayoz D: Endothelin-1 and endothelin-converting enzyme-1 gene regulation by shear stress and flow-induced pressure. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1998; 31 (Suppl 1): S38-S41.
6. Rieder MJ, Carmona R, Krieger JE, Pritchard KA Jr. Greene AS: Suppression of angiotensin-converting enzyme expression and activity by shear stress. Circ Res 1997; 80: 312-319.
7. Ando J, Tsuboi H, Korenaga R, et al: Shear stress inhibits adhesion of cultured mouse endothelial cells to lymphocytes by downregulating VCAM-1 expression. Am J Physiol 1994; 267: C679-C687.
8. Gerszten RE, Lim Y-C, Ding HT, et al: Adhesion of monocytes to vascular cell adhesion molecule-1-transduced human endothelial cells: implications for atherogenesis. Circ Res 1998; 82: 871-878.
9. Zhu Z-G, Li H-H, Zhang B-R: Expression of endothelin-1 and constitutional nitric oxide synthase messenger RNA in saphenous vein endothelial cells exposed to arterial flow shear stress. Ann Thorac Surg 1997; 64: 1333-1338.
10. Matrougui K, Maclouf J, Lévy BI, Henrion D: Impaired nitric oxide-and prostaglandin-mediated responses to flow in resistance arteries of hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1997; 30: 942-947.
11. Noris M, Morigi M, Donadelli R, et al: Nitric oxide synthesis by cultured endothelial cells is modulated by flow conditions. Circ Res 1995; 76: 536-543.
12. Gnasso A, Carallo C, Irace C, et al: Association between intima-media thickness and wall shear stress in common carotid arteries in healthy male subjects. Circulation 1996; 94: 3257-3262.
13. Gnasso A, Irace C, Carallo C, et al: In vivo association between low wall shear stress and plaque in subjects with asymmetrical carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 1997; 28: 993-998.
14. Girerd X, London G, Boutouyrie P, Mourad J-J, Safar M, Laurent S: Remodeling of the radial artery in response to a chronic increase in shear stress. Hypertension 1996; 27: 799-803.
15. Jiang YN, Kohara K, Hiwada K: Alteration of carotid circulation in essential hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. J Hum Hypertens 1998; 12: 173-179.
16. Fukudome Y, Fujii K, Abe I, et al: Ultrasonographic assessment of regional differences in atherosclerotic lesions in patients with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or both. Hypertens Res 1997; 20: 175-181.
17. Lemne C, Jogestrand T, de Faire U: Carotid intimamedia thickness and plaque in borderline hypertension. Stroke 1995; 26: 34-39.
18. Roman MJ, Pickering TG, Pini R, Schwartz JE, Devereux RB: Prevalence and determinants of cardiac and vascular hypertrophy in hypertension. Hypertension 1995; 26: 369-373.
19. Zarins CK, Giddens DP, Bharadvaj BK, Sottiurai VS, Mabon RF, Glagov S: Carotid bifurcation atherosclerosis: quantitative correlation of plaque localization with flow velocity profiles and wall shear stress. Circ Res 1983; 53: 502-514.
20. Asakura T, Karino T: Flow patterns and spatial distribution of atherosclerotic lesions in human coronary arteries. Circ Res 1990; 66: 1045-1066.
21. Zarins CK, Bomberger RA, Glagov S: Local effects of stenoses: increased flow velocity inhibits atherogenesis. Circulation 1981; 64 (Suppl II): II-221-II-227.
22. Dobrin PB, Littooy FN, Endean ED: Mechanical factors predisposing to intimal hyperplasia and medial thickening in autogenous vein grafts. Surgery 1989; 105: 393-400.
23. Malek AM, Izumo S: Molecular aspects of signal transduction of shear stress in the endothelial cell. J Hypertens 1994; 12: 989-999.