Color Doppler tissue imaging in assessing the elastic properties of the aorta and in predicting coronary artery disease

ERYOL N., TOPSAKAL R., Cicek Y., ABACI A., OGUZHAN A., BASAR E., ...More

JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL, vol.43, no.3, pp.219-230, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1536/jhj.43.219
  • Journal Name: JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.219-230
  • Keywords: color Doppler tissue imaging, aortic stiffness, CAD, HETEROZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, PRESSURE-DIAMETER RELATION, PULSE PRESSURE, DISTENSIBILITY ABNORMALITIES, HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS, YOUNG-PATIENTS, RISK FACTOR, STIFFNESS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We hypothesized that the change in aortic elastic properties could directly be shown with color Doppler tissue imaging (CDTI), that these findings could be related to aortic stiffness and distensibility and that, through these, coronary artery disease (CAD) could be predicted.