TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) for the monitoring of the atherosclerosis after heart transplantation
AU - Yambe, T.
AU - Meng, X.
AU - Hou, X.
AU - Wang, Q.
AU - Sekine, K.
AU - Shiraishi, Y.
AU - Watanabe, M.
AU - Yamaguchi, T.
AU - Shibata, M.
AU - Kuwayama, T.
AU - Maruyama, M.
AU - Konno, S.
AU - Nitta, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research on Advanced Medical Technology in Health, and Labor Sciences Research Grants (H 14-Nano-020), Research Grant from Fukuda Memorial medical Technology Promotion Foundation, and Research Grant from Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University and 21 COE program of Tohoku University.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Atherosclerosis has been reported to progress rapidly after heart transplantation. A quantitative diagnosis is required for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis after heart transplantation. In this study, we compared brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) for the diagnosis. The average values of both baPWV and CAVI in the seven cases after heart transplantation were found to be signif-icantly large in comparison to the average values of the normal healthy people of the same age group. When comparisons were made before and after the heart transplantation in a particular case, CAVI was stable and baPWV changed sharply. A lot of parameters such as blood pressure, blood volume, etc. have been reported to influence baPWV. The results of this study suggested that CAVI was a stable parameter in comparison to baPWV even after heart transplantation. Thus, CAVI may be useful in the diagnosis of arteriosclerosis after heart transplantation.
AB - Atherosclerosis has been reported to progress rapidly after heart transplantation. A quantitative diagnosis is required for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis after heart transplantation. In this study, we compared brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) for the diagnosis. The average values of both baPWV and CAVI in the seven cases after heart transplantation were found to be signif-icantly large in comparison to the average values of the normal healthy people of the same age group. When comparisons were made before and after the heart transplantation in a particular case, CAVI was stable and baPWV changed sharply. A lot of parameters such as blood pressure, blood volume, etc. have been reported to influence baPWV. The results of this study suggested that CAVI was a stable parameter in comparison to baPWV even after heart transplantation. Thus, CAVI may be useful in the diagnosis of arteriosclerosis after heart transplantation.
KW - Atherosclerosis
KW - Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI)
KW - Heart transplantation
KW - Pulse wave velocity (PWV)
KW - baPWV
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U2 - 10.1016/S0753-3322(05)80028-9
DO - 10.1016/S0753-3322(05)80028-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 16275490
AN - SCOPUS:27744438887
SN - 0753-3322
VL - 59
SP - S177-S179
JO - Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy
JF - Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -