[Profile of endothelial dysfunction in arterial hypertension. Vascular ultrasound assessment].
Assessment of endothelial dysfunction in arterial hypertension using brachial ultrasound is a common method. Because of prognostic value of flow mediated dilation, vascular ultrasound is considered the standard noninvasive method.


METHODS
In our study we assessed 92 hypertensive patients (very carefully selected) in a prospective and long term follow-up manner. We used the technical indications of actual guidelines.


RESULTS
We confirmed the importance of a complete and complex assessment of endothelial dysfunction, using different parameters. Our study demonstrated that endothelial dysfunction exists in hypertensives, has a large interindividual variability and can be improved using adequate treatment. We also proposed a new parameter--the velocity ratio, and tested the value of normalized diameter ratio, as a nonconventional variable.
Aursulesei
Viviana
V
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină, Clinica I Medicală Cardiologică.
Datcu
Georgeta
G
Datcu
M D
MD
D000368:Aged; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012383:Romania; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional