Carotid Flow Augmentation, Arterial Aging, and Cerebral White Matter Hyperintensities.

Conclusions- Carotid FAIx had closer associations with age, aortic stiffness, and cerebral white matter hyperintensities than aortic PAIx. These results indicate that carotid flow augmentation (enhanced by aortic stiffening and pressure wave reflection from the lower body) causes microcerebrovascular injury potentially through increasing cerebral flow pulsations, but this detrimental effect is greater than that estimated from PAIx. PMID: 30571170 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol Source Type: research