Clustering of several cardiovascular risk factors affects tissue characteristics of the carotid artery

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• 作者：Naoto Katakami ; Hideaki Kaneto ; Munehide Matsuhisa ; Yutaka Umayahara ; Keisuke Kosugi ; Yoshimitsu Yamasaki
• 关键词：Ultrasonography ; Metabolic syndrome ; Integrated backscatter ; Intima– ; media thickness
• 刊名：Atherosclerosis
• 出版年：2008
• 期刊代码：28_00219150
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May 2008
• 卷：198
• 期：1
• 页码：208-213
• 文件大小：244 K

摘要

Integrated backscatter (IBS) signal obtained by extracranial ultrasound examination of the carotid artery can be used to evaluate the tissue characteristics of arterial plaque. To examine whether clustering of several cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic syndrome (MetS), affects the tissue characteristics of the carotid artery, we measured Calibrated-IBS values of the intima–media complex in the carotid artery for 142 patients (61.6 ± 9.5 years old) with at least one component of MetS.