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Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?

BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness is an early marker of atherosclerosis. The carotid arteries are easily accessible by ultrasound and are commonly used for the evaluation of atherosclerosis development. However, this stiffness assessment is based on the elastic properties of the artery, which may be in...

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Autores principales: Podgórski, Michał, Winnicka, Monika, Polguj, Michał, Grzelak, Piotr, Łukaszewski, Maciej, Stefańczyk, Ludomir
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27639559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-016-0084-1
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author Podgórski, Michał
Winnicka, Monika
Polguj, Michał
Grzelak, Piotr
Łukaszewski, Maciej
Stefańczyk, Ludomir
author_facet Podgórski, Michał
Winnicka, Monika
Polguj, Michał
Grzelak, Piotr
Łukaszewski, Maciej
Stefańczyk, Ludomir
author_sort Podgórski, Michał
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description BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness is an early marker of atherosclerosis. The carotid arteries are easily accessible by ultrasound and are commonly used for the evaluation of atherosclerosis development. However, this stiffness assessment is based on the elastic properties of the artery, which may be influenced by the adjacent internal jugular vein (IJV). The aim of the present study is to evaluate the influence of internal jugular vein morphology on the stiffness of the common carotid artery. METHODS: Bilateral carotid ultrasound was performed in 248 individuals. When no carotid plaque was detected (90.9 % cases), the distensibility coefficient and β - stiffness index were calculated. The global and segmental circumferential strain parameters of the carotid wall were evaluated with 2D-Speckle Tracking. The cross-sectional area of the IJV and degree of its adherence to the carotid wall (angle of adherence) were measured. RESULTS: The morphology of the IJV did not influence the standard stiffness parameters nor the global circumferential strain. However, segmental analysis found the sector adjacent to the IJV to have significantly higher strain parameters than its opposite counterpart. In addition, the strain correlated significantly and positively with IJV cross-sectional area and angle of adherence. CONCLUSIONS: The movement of the carotid artery wall caused by the passage of the pulse wave is not homogeneous. The greatest strain is observed in a segment adjacent to the IJV, and the degree of wall deformation is associated with the size of the vein and the degree of its adherence.
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spelling pubmed-50270862016-09-22 Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery? Podgórski, Michał Winnicka, Monika Polguj, Michał Grzelak, Piotr Łukaszewski, Maciej Stefańczyk, Ludomir Cardiovasc Ultrasound Research BACKGROUND: Arterial stiffness is an early marker of atherosclerosis. The carotid arteries are easily accessible by ultrasound and are commonly used for the evaluation of atherosclerosis development. However, this stiffness assessment is based on the elastic properties of the artery, which may be influenced by the adjacent internal jugular vein (IJV). The aim of the present study is to evaluate the influence of internal jugular vein morphology on the stiffness of the common carotid artery. METHODS: Bilateral carotid ultrasound was performed in 248 individuals. When no carotid plaque was detected (90.9 % cases), the distensibility coefficient and β - stiffness index were calculated. The global and segmental circumferential strain parameters of the carotid wall were evaluated with 2D-Speckle Tracking. The cross-sectional area of the IJV and degree of its adherence to the carotid wall (angle of adherence) were measured. RESULTS: The morphology of the IJV did not influence the standard stiffness parameters nor the global circumferential strain. However, segmental analysis found the sector adjacent to the IJV to have significantly higher strain parameters than its opposite counterpart. In addition, the strain correlated significantly and positively with IJV cross-sectional area and angle of adherence. CONCLUSIONS: The movement of the carotid artery wall caused by the passage of the pulse wave is not homogeneous. The greatest strain is observed in a segment adjacent to the IJV, and the degree of wall deformation is associated with the size of the vein and the degree of its adherence. BioMed Central 2016-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5027086/ /pubmed/27639559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-016-0084-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Podgórski, Michał
Winnicka, Monika
Polguj, Michał
Grzelak, Piotr
Łukaszewski, Maciej
Stefańczyk, Ludomir
Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
title Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
title_full Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
title_fullStr Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
title_full_unstemmed Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
title_short Does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
title_sort does the internal jugular vein affect the elasticity of the common carotid artery?
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27639559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-016-0084-1
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