Zheng-Qiu Zhu, Ling-Shan Chen, Xue-Zhong Jiang, Yi-Yun Wu, Chong Zou, Yun Luan, Hui Gao, Ping Dai, Xue-Hui Ma, Lin-Lin Wu, Hui-Juan Sun, Yin-Ping Wang, Fei Zou, Fu-Ming Liu, Hui Huang
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate carotid stiffening in participants without conventional cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) by using ultrafast pulse wave velocity (ufPWV). METHODS: The present study enrolled 517 participants without conventional CVRFs (CVRF-Free total population). Subjects in this population were defined as current non-smokers with untreated blood pressure < 140/90 mmHg, fasting blood glucose (FBG) < 7.0 mmol/L, total cholesterol (TC) < 6...
October 17, 2020: European Radiology