Influence of hypertension on early carotid artery remodeling

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1460-1464

  Chironi, Gilles ^b   Gariepy, Jerome ^b   Denarie, Nicolas ^b   Balice, Maria ^b   Megnien, Jean Louis ^b   Levenson, Jaime ^b   Simon, Alain ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antihypertensive treatment; Carotid arteries; Hypertension; Remodeling; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY REMODELING; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0043235635     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000083342.98342.22     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Birnbaum Y, Fishbein MC, Luo H, Nishioka T, Siegel RJ, Regional remodeling of atherosclerotic arteries: a major determinant of clinical manifestations of disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997;30:1149-1164.
2. Glagov S, Weisenberg E, Zarins CK, Stankunavicius R, Kolettis GJ. Compensatory enlargement of human atherosclerotic coronary arteries. N Engl J Med. 1987;316:1371-11375.
3. Graf S, Gariepy J, Massonneau M, Armentano RL, Mansour S, Barra JG, Simon A, Levenson J. Experimental and clinical validation of arterial diameter waveform and intimal media thickness obtained from B-mode ultrasound image processing. Ultrasound Med Biol. 1999;25:1353-1363.
4. Gariepy J, Massonneau M, Levenson J, Heudes D, Simon A. Evidence for in vivo carotid and femoral wall thickening in human hypertension: Groupe de Prevention Cardio-vasculaire en Medecine du Travail. Hypertension. 1993;22:111-118.
5. Crouse JR, Goldbourt U, Evans G, Pinsky J, Sharrett AR, Sorlie P, Riley W, Heiss G. Arterial enlargement in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort: in vivo quantification of carotid arterial enlargement. The ARIC Investigators. Stroke. 1994;25:1354-1359.
6. Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Tell GS, O'Leary DH, Savage PJ, Gardin JM, Rutan GH, Borhani NO. Compensatory increase in common carotid artery diameter: relation to blood pressure and artery intima-media thickness in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1996;27:2012-2015.
7. Bonithon-Kopp C, Touboul PJ, Berr C, Magne C, Ducimetiere P. Factors of carotid enlargement in a population aged 59 to 71 years: the EVA Study. Stroke. 1996;27:654-660.
8. Kiechl S, Willeit J, for the Bruneck Study Group. The natural course of atherosclerosis, part II: vascular remodeling. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999;19:1491-1498.
9. Gariepy J, Salomon J, Denarie N, Laskri F, Megnien JL, Levenson J, Simon A. Sex and topographic differences in associations between large-artery wall thickness and coronary risk profile in a French working cohort: the AXA Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1998;18:584-590.
10. Carallo C, Irace C, Pujia A, De Franceschi MS, Crescenzo A, Motti C, Cortese C, Mottioli PL, Gnasso A. Evaluation of common carotid hemodynamic forces: relationship with wall thickening. Hypertension. 1999;34:217-221.
11. Guyton CA. Physics of blood, blood flow, and pressure: hemodynamics. In: Textbook of Medical Physiology. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 1986:206-217.
12. Isner JM, Donaldson RF, Fortin AH Tischler A, Clarke RH. Attenuation of the media of coronary arteries in advanced atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol. 1986;58:937-939.
13. Simon A, Gariepy J, Chironi G, Megnien JL, Levenson J. Intima-media thickness: a new tool for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular risk. J Hypertens. 2002;20:159-169.