Relation of aortic valve sclerosis to carotid artery intima-media thickening in healthy subjects.
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.
Yamaura
Yasuko
Y
Division of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan. yasuko-yamaura@mvj.biglobe.ne.jp
Nishida
Tomomi
T
Watanabe
Nozomi
N
Akasaka
Takashi
T
Yoshida
Kiyoshi
K
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*