Common carotid artery intima-media thickness is not increased but distensibility is reduced in normotensive patients with type 2 diabetes compared with control subjects

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 860-869

  Charvat, J ^a   Chlumsky, J ^a   Zakovicova, E ^a   Kvapil, M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atheroma; Common carotid artery; Distensibility; Intima media thickness; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77954786101     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001003800312     Document Type: Article

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