title: Structural and Functional Abnormalities of Carotid Artery and Their Relation with EVA Phenomenon.
abstract: Early vascular aging is a process characterized by a reduction in arterial elastin with an increase in collagen that has been related to cardiovascular risk factor and can determine an increased arterial stiffness and central blood pressure. It can be measured by several non invasive methods and in different arterial segment. The present paper will focus on functional (local stiffness parameter) and structural (intima media thickness) carotid arteries alterations typically evaluated by ultrasound methods. Methodological, research and clinical issue has been reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maloberti
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy.|Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meani
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy.|Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varrenti
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy.|Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giupponi
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy.|Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stucchi
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy.|Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vallerio
authors.affiliation: Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy. cristina.giannattasio@unimib.it.|Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy. cristina.giannattasio@unimib.it.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giannattasio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D062186:Arterial Pressure; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D059168:Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D066253:Vascular Remodeling; D059289:Vascular Stiffness; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen; D004549:Elastin
keywords: Carotid distensibility; Carotid vessels; Intima media thickness; Local carotid stiffness