Brachial Artery Echogenicity and Grayscale Texture Changes in HIV-Infected Individuals Receiving Low-Dose Methotrexate.

Conclusions- Brachial artery GLDS-CON and entropy increased after 24 weeks of low-dose methotrexate, though the latter was not significantly different from placebo. Grayscale changes were associated with decreases in CD4+ T-cell and D-dimer concentrations and may indicate favorable arterial structure changes.
PMID: 30571173 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology - December 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Stein JH, Yeh E, Weber JM, Korcarz C, Ridker PM, Tawakol A, Hsue PY, Currier JS, Ribaudo H, Mitchell CKC Tags: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol Source Type: research