Longitudinal Movement of the Common Carotid Artery Wall: New Information on Cardiovascular Aging

TY - JOUR

T1 - Longitudinal Movement of the Common Carotid Artery Wall

T2 - New Information on Cardiovascular Aging

AU - Cinthio, Magnus

AU - Albinsson, John

AU - Erlöv, Tobias

AU - Bjarnegård, Niclas

AU - Länne, Toste

AU - Rydén Ahlgren, Åsa

PY - 2018/11

Y1 - 2018/11

N2 - Putative changes in the multiphasic pattern of longitudinal movement of the common carotid artery wall in the normal aging process are unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the phases, and resulting patterns, of the longitudinal movement of the intima–media complex of the human common carotid artery with respect to age and gender. One hundred thirty-five healthy non-smoking patients of different ages were investigated using in-house-developed ultrasound methods. The patterns of longitudinal movement seen in middle-aged and older patients were markedly different from those commonly seen in young patients, including the appearance of two additional phases of motion and, thus, new complex patterns. The displacement and maximum velocity of one of the phases, occurring at the time of aortic valve closure, increased quadratically with age in both men and women.

AB - Putative changes in the multiphasic pattern of longitudinal movement of the common carotid artery wall in the normal aging process are unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the phases, and resulting patterns, of the longitudinal movement of the intima–media complex of the human common carotid artery with respect to age and gender. One hundred thirty-five healthy non-smoking patients of different ages were investigated using in-house-developed ultrasound methods. The patterns of longitudinal movement seen in middle-aged and older patients were markedly different from those commonly seen in young patients, including the appearance of two additional phases of motion and, thus, new complex patterns. The displacement and maximum velocity of one of the phases, occurring at the time of aortic valve closure, increased quadratically with age in both men and women.

KW - Aging

KW - Atherosclerosis

KW - Biomarkers

KW - Clinical studies

KW - Hemodynamics

KW - Physiology

KW - Ultrasound

KW - Vascular disease

U2 - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.06.001

DO - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.06.001

M3 - Article

C2 - 30077411

AN - SCOPUS:85050809316

VL - 44

SP - 2283

EP - 2295

JO - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

JF - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

SN - 0301-5629

IS - 11

ER -