The role of type 2 diabetes mellitus on hypertensive-related aortic stiffness.
Edoardo SciattiEnrico VizzardiAssunta CastielloFrancesca ValentiniIvano BonadeiSandro GelsominoRoberto LorussoMarco MetraPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)
Our data suggest that people suffering from both T2DM and hypertension have more impaired aortic elastic properties than those hypertensive alone. Considering the prognostic role of aortic stiffness, these patients may benefit from a closer follow-up.
Keyphrases
- artificial intelligence
- blood pressure
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- aortic dissection
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- heart failure
- adipose tissue
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- arterial hypertension