Relationship between carotid intima-media thickness and carotid artery stiffness assessed by ultrafast ultrasound imaging in patients with type 2 diabetes

ConclusionsThe PWV-ES seem to be a better biomarker candidate than PWV-BS to assess the carotid stiffness in diabetic patients. Compared with controls, diabetic patients showed more advanced functional changes than morphological changes despite normal CIMT, whereas the relationship trend was not present when thickened CIMT emerged.
Source: European Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research