Rapid ultrasound score as an indicator of atherosclerosis' clinical manifestations in a population of hypertensives: the interrelationship between flow-mediated dilatation of brachial artery, carotid intima thickness, renal resistive index and retina resistive index of central artery.

CONCLUSION: A potential benefit of these integrated, low-cost and easy-to-detect parameters, is the stratification of patients with atherosclerotic risk. This method may prove useful in discovering those with atherosclerosis in a pre-clinical stage for whom therapy initiated before complications could reduce the risk for a cerebro-cardio-vascular event.
PMID: 24342928 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology - December 9, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Natale F, Ranieri A, Siciliano A, Casillo B, Lorenzo CD, Granato C, Cirillo C, Concilio C, Tedesco MA, Calabro P, Golino P, Russo MG, Calabro R Tags: Anadolu Kardiyol Derg Source Type: research