title: [Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index and Subclinical Peripheral Atherosclerosis in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study relationship between cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and subclinical manifestations of noncoronary atherosclerosis in patients with stable ischemic heart disease (IHD).
  
  
  METHODS
  We included into this study 511 patients with IHD examined within framework of a register of patients before aorto-coronary bypass surgery. CAVI was determined using VaSera-1000 device.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We distinguished 2 groups of patients: (1) with abnormal (≥ 9.0, n = 128) and (2) normal (< 9.0, n = 383) CAVI. Group 1 compared with group 2 had high mean age (p = 0.02), comprised more women (p = 0.0016), hypertensive patients (p = 0.0061), patients with three vessel coronary disease, and patients with stenoses in carotid arteries. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed independent association between elevated arterial stiffness and age. Elevated arterial stiffness was found in 25% of group 1 patients. Abnormal CAVI was associated with increased intima-media thickness and stenoses of carotid arteries but not with presence of stenoses in arteries of lower extremities.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Sumin
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Osokina
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bezdenezhnykh
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shcheglova
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Zhuchkova
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Barbarash
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle; D050197:Atherosclerosis; D059168:Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059289:Vascular Stiffness