Increased aortic intima-media thickness may be used to detect macrovascular complications in adult type II diabetes mellitus patients

KOÇ A. F., Sumbul H. E.

CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND, cilt.16, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s12947-018-0127-x
  • Dergi Adı: CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aortic intima-media thickness, Macrovascular complication, Type II diabetes mellitus, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS, B-MODE ULTRASOUND, CAROTID-ARTERY, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, MARKER, ADOLESCENTS, CHILDREN
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Carotid intima media thickness (C-IMT) and aortic IMT (A-IMT) increase in adult and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), respectively. In both age groups IMT is used for early detection of macrovascular complications. In adult DM patients, A-IMT is still not a routine examination and is not used frequently. We aimed to determine whether there is an increase in A-IMT values measured from abdominal aorta besides traditional CIMT in patients with type II DM and to determine parameters closely related to A-IMT in the same patient group.