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AUTHOR
Julia Sánchez-zahonero
Carotid artery stiffness as an early marker of vascular lesions in children and adolescents with cardiovascular risk factors.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The availability of a noninvasive marker of vascular lesions that enables their detection in the preclinical phase would be of great benefit for cardiovascular disease prevention. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of a range of indices of arterial wall stiffness in the common carotid artery, as derived using high-resolution Doppler ultrasonography, for identifying vascular damage in children with risk factors. METHODS The study involved 99 children (age, 8-16 years) divided into two groups: 65 had cardiovascular risk factors (45 obesity, 20 dyslipidemia) and 34 were controls. Family histories of cardiovascular risk factors and anthropometric…
Medida de la rigidez de la arteria carótida como marcador precoz de lesión vascular en niños y adolescentes con factores de riesgo cardiovascular
Introduccion y objetivos Para la prevencion de la enfermedad cardiovascular resulta de gran interes disponer de un marcador incruento de lesion vascular que permita su deteccion en fase preclinica. Nuestro objetivo fue analizar diversos indices de rigidez arterial de la carotida comun mediante ultrasonografia Doppler de alta resolucion para definir su utilidad como detector de dano vascular en ninos con factores de riesgo. Metodos Se estudio a 99 ninos (edades, 8-16 anos) divididos en dos grupos: 65 ninos con factores de riesgo cardiovascular (45 obesos, 20 dislipemicos) y 34 controles. Se recogieron antecedentes familiares de riesgo cardiovascular y variables antropometricas y bioquimicas.…