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SUBMITTER: Yang EY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3725197 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Eric Y EY Brunner Gerd G Dokainish Hisham H Hartley Craig J CJ Taffet George G Lakkis Nasser N Taylor Addison A AA Misra Arunima A McCulloch Marti L ML Morrisett Joel D JD Virani Salim S SS Ballantyne Christie M CM Nagueh Sherif F SF Nambi Vijay V
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 20130604 8
<h4>Background</h4>Speckle-tracking enables direct tracking of carotid arterial wall motion. Timing intervals determined with carotid speckle-tracking and slopes calculated from carotid artery area versus cardiac cycle curves may provide further information on arterial function and stiffness. The proposed arterial stiffness parameters were examined in healthy controls (n = 20), nondiabetic patients with hypertension (n = 20), and patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 21).<h4>Methods</h4>Bilateral e ...[more]