ArticleNeurology2017
Relationship between carotid arterial properties and cerebral white matter hyperintensities.
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- Characterization of White Matter Hyperintensities in Large-Scale MRI-Studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Pooled it
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- Racial and ethnic influences on carotid atherosclerosis: Epidemiology and risk factors.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
- The correlation between intracranial atherosclerosis and white matter hyperintensities in cerebral small vessel disease: a high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Cerebrovascular pulsatility indicates preoperative subcortical cognitive impairment and an increased risk for postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective spine surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI).Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022Review
- Accelerated vascular aging: Ethnic differences in basilar artery length and diameter, and its association with cardiovascular risk factors and cerebral small vessel disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Contribution of intracranial artery stenosis to white matter hyperintensities progression in elderly Chinese patients: A 3-year retrospective longitudinal study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular damage phenotypes and all-cause and CVD mortality in older adults.Annals of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Relationship Between Central Artery Stiffness, Brain Arterial Dilation, and White Matter Hyperintensities in Older Adults: The ARIC Study-Brief Report.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2021Observational
- Cerebral Hemodynamics and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients With Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Association of Carotid Atherosclerosis With White Matter Hyperintensity in an Asymptomatic Japanese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveSince arterial stiffness is a functional measure of arterial compliance and may be an important marker of cerebrovascular disease, we examined the association of carotid artery stiffness with white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHV) in a cross-sectional study of 1,166 stroke-free participants.
methodsCarotid beta stiffness index (STIFF) was assessed by M-mode ultrasound of the common carotid artery and calculated as the ratio of natural log of the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure over STRAIN, a ratio of the difference between carotid systolic and diastolic diameter (DD) divided by DD. WMHV was measured by fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI. The associations of STIFF, DD, and STRAIN with WMHV were examined using linear regression after adjusting for sociodemographic, lifestyle, and vascular risk factors.
resultsIn a fully adjusted model, larger carotid DD was significantly associated with greater log-WMHV (β = 0.09,
conclusionsLarge carotid artery diameters are associated with greater burden of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) in this multiethnic population. The association between increased diameters, decreased STRAIN, and greater WMH burden is more pronounced among Hispanics. These associations suggest a potential important pathophysiologic role of extracranial large artery remodeling in the burden of WMH.
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