Um tubo só para o corpo inteiro.

Carotid Artery Stiffness and Diastolic Function in Subjects without Known Cardiovascular Disease
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Issue: Volume 24(8), August 2011, p 915–921
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Background:: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between carotid artery stiffness and diastolic function in a cohort of subjects without known cardiovascular risk factors and/or overt cardiovascular disease
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Results:: Stiffness parameter and Ep were correlated inversely with transmitral E wave (P < .01), E/A ratio, and septal Em (P < .01) and positively with A wave (P < .001). IMT was also associated with A wave, E/A ratio, Em, and Am but not with E wave. The correlation between arterial stiffness and left ventricular diastolic function remained significant after multivariate adjustment for age, sex, pulse pressure, and body mass index, but not with IMT. .

Parâmetros de elasticidade da Carótida se correlacionam com a função diastólica, sugerindo uma relação íntima da circulação central e periférica.
Mais uma evidência da doença arterial como patologia do corpo inteiro e não limitada a placas.
Conceito óbvio mas ignorado no diagnóstico e tratamento do risco cardiovascular.
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