title: Relation of aortic valve sclerosis to carotid artery intima-media thickening in healthy subjects.
abstract: We studied 252 healthy adults by echocardiography and carotid ultrasonography to determine the relation between early subclinical aortic valve sclerosis (AVS) and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). Carotid IMT was significantly greater in subjects with AVS than in those without AVS. There was a significant correlation between the grade of AVS and carotid IMT.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan. yasuko-yamaura@mvj.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaura
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasaka
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000473:pathology*