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ArticleJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine2021

Evaluation of Common Carotid Stiffness via Echo Tracking in Hypertensive Patients Complicated by Acute Aortic Dissection.

Wenhui Gu, Juan Wu, Yongkai Pei, Jiamei Ji, Haibo Wu, Jun Wu

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Article in Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Wenhui GuDepartment of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-1982
Juan WuDepartment of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yongkai PeiDepartment of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jiamei JiDepartment of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Haibo WuDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jun WuDepartment of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dalian Medical University · CN

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Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the common carotid stiffness via echo tracking in patients with hypertension and acute aortic dissection (AD) and to investigate the independent predictors for the occurrence of AD in hypertensive (HP) patients.

methodsFifty HP patients complicated by acute AD (AD group), 50 HP patients without AD (HP group), and 50 age-matched healthy volunteers (control group) were enrolled to assess the common carotid stiffness index (β), single-point pulsed wave velocity (PWVβ), and arterial compliance (AC) via echo tracking.

resultsThe intima-media thickness, diameter, β and PWVβ of the common carotid artery (CCA) in the AD group were significantly higher than those in the HP and control groups, whereas AC in the AD group was significantly lower (P < .05). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, the systolic blood pressure (SBP; odds ratio [OR], 2.316; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.033-2.563; P < .001), β (OR, 2.140; 95% CI, 1.931-2.367; P < .001), PWVβ (OR, 1.212; 95% CI, 1.004-1.397; P = .023), and AC (OR, 0.565; 95% CI, 0.339-0.654; P < .001) were significantly related to the occurrence of AD in HP patients. The area under the curve values for the AC, SBP, β, and PWVβ were 0.822, 0.806, 0.778, and 0.741, respectively, and the area under the curve was up to 0.943 when these parameters were combined.

conclusionsThe compliance of the CCA decreased, and the stiffness of the CCA increased significantly in HP patients complicated by AD. The AC, β, and PWVβ of the CCA, together with the SBP, were independent predictors of the occurrence of AD in HP patients.

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Aortic DissectionHypertensionVascular StiffnessCarotid ArteriesCarotid Artery, CommonCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessHumansaortic dissectionarterial stiffnessecho trackinghypertension

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