Aortic distensibility is associated with both resting and hyperemic coronary blood flow.

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that hyperemic and, to a lesser extent resting coronary blood flow, are significantly associated with measures of aortic stiffness in patients with only minor angiographic disease. These findings provide further mechanistic support for the observed prognostic capacity of large artery function in cardiovascular event prediction. PMID: 31441693 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology - August 22, 2019 Category: Physiology Authors: Nelson AJ, Puri R, Nicholls SJ, Dundon BK, Richardson JD, Sidharta SL, Teo KS, Worthley SG, Worthley M Tags: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Source Type: research