title: Aortic Stiffness as a Surrogate Endpoint to Micro- and Macrovascular Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
abstract: Increased aortic stiffness has been recognized as a predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in some clinical conditions, such as in patients with arterial hypertension and end-stage renal disease, in population-based samples and, more recently, in type 2 diabetic patients. Patients with type 2 diabetes have higher aortic stiffness than non-diabetic individuals, and increased aortic stiffness has been correlated to the presence of micro- and macrovascular chronic diabetic complications. We aimed to review the current knowledge on the relationships between aortic stiffness and diabetic complications, their possible underlying physiopathological mechanisms, and their potential applications to clinical type 2 diabetes management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Rodolpho Rocco 255, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro-RJ 21941-901, Brazil. claudiacardoso@hucff.ufrj.br.
authors.forename: Claudia R L
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Rodolpho Rocco 255, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro-RJ 21941-901, Brazil. gilsalles@hucff.ufrj.br.
authors.forename: Gil F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Salles
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: arterial stiffness; carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; microvascular and macrovascular complications; type 2 diabetes