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A preliminary study of changes in carotid artery elasticity in type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Carotid stiffening is found to be present in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) together with endothelial dysfunction and it remains unclear about the role of carotid elasticity in… Click to show full abstract

Carotid stiffening is found to be present in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) together with endothelial dysfunction and it remains unclear about the role of carotid elasticity in the development of diabetic vascular damage. The aim of the study was to investigate changes and significance of carotid artery elasticity in diabetic patients with or without microvascular complications using velocity vector imaging (VVI) analysis.

Keywords: artery elasticity; elasticity; carotid artery; type diabetes; diabetes mellitus; study

Journal Title: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
Year Published: 2022

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