Carotid and Aortic Stiffness in Patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

Carotid and Aortic Stiffness in Patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

The role of plasma cholesterol in impairing arterial function and elasticity remains unclear. We evaluated arterial stiffness, measured locally in the common carotid artery by high-resolution echo-tracking, and aortic stiffness, using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) (the "gold-standar...

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Main Authors: Alexandra I Ershova, Alexey N Meshkov, Tatyana A Rozhkova, Maria V Kalinina, Alexander D Deev, Anatoliy N Rogoza, Tatyana V Balakhonova, Sergey A Boytsov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4951005?pdf=render

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