The Short-Term Effect of Ketogenic Diet on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Elastic Properties of the Carotid Artery and the Aorta in Epileptic Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 1646-1650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Önder Doksöz ◽  
Orkide Güzel ◽  
Ünsal Yılmaz ◽  
Rana İşgüder ◽  
Kübra Çeleğen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Ketogenic Diet ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Effect ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Epileptic Children

Application of the Measurement of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness for Prediction of the Essential Hypertension in Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1550-1553
Author(s):  
Rosana Manea ◽  
Bianca Elena Popovici ◽  
Carmen Daniela Neculoiu ◽  
Dan Minea ◽  
Alina Calin
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Hypertension In Children

Hypertension is a major risk factor for progression of the atherosclerotic process and for developing of degenerative cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. The aim of this study is to evaluate how the measurement of carotid intima - media thickness for prediction of essential hypertension in children can be used.The study group included 81 children and the control group 61 children, all aged between 5 - 17 years and 11 months old, and admitted in Children Hospital Brasov in the period of 2009 � 2014. The study protocol included: BMI, blood pressure and Doppler echography of the common carotid artery for each group. Mean age of the patients from the study group was 13.67 years, 43.20 % girls and 56.80 % boys, while in the control group, the mean age was 14.07 years, 54.10% girls and 45.90 % boys. 70.37% of the children from the study group presented obesity, while in the control group 40.98% were obese. The IMTC study group ranged from 0.52 - 0.69 mm and the limits of the normotensive subjects were 0.32 -0.54 mm. In both groups the obese patients were found to have increased carotid artery intima-media, which means that IMTC was positively correlated with BMI (p=0.000001).It is necessary to identify diagnostic methods easily applicable for children, allowing involvement of the characteristics of the arterial wall in the degenerative pathological processes. Increased intima-media ratio is positively correlated with high values of blood pressure.

Evaluation of serum lipids and carotid artery intima media thickness in epileptic children treated with valproic acid

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 713-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aydın Erdemir ◽  
Neşat Çullu ◽  
Uluç Yiş ◽  
Fatih Demircioğlu ◽  
Mustafa Kır ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Valproic Acid ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Serum Lipids ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Epileptic Children

scholarly journals Sitagliptin on carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetes and hyperuricemia patients: a subgroup analysis of the PROLOGUE study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 204062232110269
Author(s):  
Yipin Zhao ◽  
Huawei Wang ◽  
Dazhi Ke ◽  
Wei Deng ◽  
Yingying Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Conventional Therapy ◽  
Therapy Group ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Significant Difference

Background and Aims: Studies have shown that dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DDP-4) inhibitors have anti-atherosclerotic effects. However, in the PROLOGUE study, sitagliptin failed to slow the progression of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) relative to conventional therapy. We conducted a post hoc analysis of the PROLOGUE study and compared the effects of sitagliptin and conventional therapy on changes in CIMT in subgroups with or without hyperuricemia. Methods: The PROLOGUE study was a randomized controlled trial of 442 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Patients were randomized to receive sitagliptin added therapy or conventional therapy. Based on the serum uric acid levels of all study populations in the PROLOGUE study, we divided them into hyperuricemia subgroup ( n = 104) and non-hyperuricemia subgroup ( n = 331). The primary outcome was changed in carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) parameters compared with baseline during the 24 months treatment period. Results: In the hyperuricemia subgroup, compared with the conventional therapy group, the changes in the mean internal carotid artery (ICA)-IMT and max ICA-IMT at 24 months were significantly lower in the sitagliptin group [−0.233 mm, 95% confidence interval (CI) (−0.419 to 0.046), p = 0.015 and −0.325 mm, 95% CI (−0.583 to −0.068), p = 0.014], although there was no significant difference in the common carotid artery CIMT. Conclusion: The results of our analysis indicated that sitagliptin attenuated the progression of CIMT than conventional therapy in T2DM and hyperuricemia patients.

Short-term beat-to-beat but not ambulatory blood pressure variability is correlated to carotid intima-media thickness

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 288-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efstathios Manios ◽  
Fotios Michas ◽  
Kimon Stamatelopoulos ◽  
Gerasimos Barlas ◽  
Eleni Koroboki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Variability ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Media Thickness

scholarly journals Short-Term Treatment with Alirocumab, Flow-Dependent Dilatation of the Brachial Artery and Use of Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Evaluate Vascular Structure: An Exploratory Pilot Study

Biomedicines ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Thomas Metzner ◽  
Deborah R. Leitner ◽  
Gudrun Dimsity ◽  
Felix Gunzer ◽  
Peter Opriessnig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Fractional Anisotropy ◽  
Brachial Artery ◽  
Vascular Function ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Treatment ◽  
Media Thickness

Background: Short-term effects of alirocumab on vascular function have hardly been investigated. Moreover, there is a scarce of reliable non-invasive methods to evaluate atherosclerotic changes of the vasculature. The ALIROCKS trial was performed to address these issues using standard ultrasound-based procedures and a completely novel magnetic resonance-based imaging technique. Methods: A total of 24 patients with an indication for treatment with PCSK9 antibodies were recruited. There were 2 visits to the study site, the first before initiation of treatment with alirocumab and the second after 10 weeks of treatment. The key outcome measures included the change of carotid vessel wall fractional anisotropy, a novel magnetic resonance-based measure of vascular integrity, and the changes of carotid intima-media thickness and flow-dependent dilatation of the brachial artery measured with ultrasound. Results: A total of 19 patients completed the trial, 2 patients stopped treatment, 3 patients did not undergo the second visit due to the COVID pandemic. All of them had atherosclerotic vascular disease. Their mean (standard deviation) LDL-cholesterol concentration was 154 (85) mg/dL at baseline and was reduced by 76 (44) mg/dL in response to alirocumab treatment (p < 0.001, n = 19). P-selectin and vascular endothelial growth factors remained unchanged. Flow-dependent dilatation of the brachial artery (+41%, p = 0.241, n = 18), carotid intima-media thickness (p = 0.914, n = 18), and fractional anisotropy of the carotid artery (p = 0.358, n = 13) also did not significantly change. Conclusion: Despite a nominal amelioration for flow-dependent dilatation, significant effects of short-term treatment with alirocumab on vascular function were not detectable. More work would be needed to evaluate, whether fractional anisotropy may be useful in clinical atherosclerosis research.

scholarly journals Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: The ARIC Study and the CHS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeki Suzuki ◽  
Wanmei Wang ◽  
Anthony Wilsdon ◽  
Kenneth R. Butler ◽  
Selcuk Adabag ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Cardiac Death ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Common Carotid Artery ◽  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Cardiovascular Health Study ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Aric Study

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is associated with severe coronary heart disease in the great majority of cases. Whether carotid intima‐media thickness (C‐IMT), a known surrogate marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, is associated with risk of SCD in a general population remains unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between C‐IMT and risk of SCD. Methods and Results We examined a total of 20 862 participants: 15 307 participants of the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study and 5555 participants of the CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study). C‐IMT and common carotid artery intima‐media thickness was measured at baseline by ultrasound. Presence of plaque was judged by trained readers. Over a median of 23.5 years of follow‐up, 569 participants had SCD (1.81 cases per 1000 person‐years) in the ARIC study. Mean C‐IMT and common carotid artery intima‐media thickness were associated with risk of SCD after adjustment for traditional risk factors and time‐varying adjustors: hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CIs for fourth versus first quartile were 1.64 (1.15–2.63) and 1.49 (1.05–2.11), respectively. In CHS, 302 participants developed SCD (4.64 cases per 1000 person‐years) over 13.1 years. Maximum C‐IMT was associated with risk of SCD after adjustment: HR (95% CI) for fourth versus first quartile was 1.75 (1.22–2.51). Presence of plaque was associated with 35% increased risk of SCD: HR (95% CI) of 1.37 (1.13–1.67) in the ARIC study and 1.32 (1.04–1.68) in CHS. Conclusions C‐IMT was associated with risk of SCD in 2 biracial community‐based cohorts. C‐IMT may be used as a marker of SCD risk and potentially to initiate early therapeutic interventions to mitigate the risk.

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness in Men With Type 2 Diabetes

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Young Jae ◽  
Kevin Heffernan ◽  
Bo Fernhall ◽  
Yoon-Ho Choi
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Carotid Atherosclerosis ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Peak Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Multivariable Regression

Background:We tested the hypothesis that higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are inversely associated with carotid artery intima media thickness in 746 (age 53 ± 7 yrs) men with type 2 diabetes.Methods:We measured common carotid intima media thickness and defined carotid atherosclerosis as a carotid intima media thickness > 1.0 mm. Cardiorespiratory fitness was directly measured by peak oxygen uptake using expired gases analysis during a standard treadmill test.Results:Cardiorespiratory fitness was independently associated with common carotid intima media thickness in multivariable regression (β = –0.15, P < .05). After adjusting for established risk factors, high and moderate cardiorespiratory fitness were associated with lower odds ratios for having carotid atherosclerosis—0.49 (95% CI, 0.30–0.81), and 0.59 (95% CI, 0.38–0.92), respectively—as compared with low cardiorespiratory fitness. Each 1 metabolic equivalent increment higher cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with 27% (OR = 0.73; 95% CI, 0.61–0.87) lower prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis.Conclusions:These results suggest that high cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with common carotid intima media thickness in men with type 2 diabetes.

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