Commentary to: “Evaluation of serum lipids and carotid artery intima media thickness in epileptic children treated with valproic acid”

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Belcastro ◽  
Pasquale Striano
Keyword(s):  
Valproic Acid ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Serum Lipids ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Epileptic Children

Evaluation of serum lipids and carotid artery intima media thickness in epileptic children treated with valproic acid

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 713-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aydın Erdemir ◽  
Neşat Çullu ◽  
Uluç Yiş ◽  
Fatih Demircioğlu ◽  
Mustafa Kır ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Valproic Acid ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Serum Lipids ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Epileptic Children

scholarly journals Soya isoflavone consumption in relation to carotid intima–media thickness in Chinese equol excretors aged 40–65 years

2012 ◽  
Vol 108 (9) ◽  
pp. 1698-1704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Cai ◽  
Kaiping Guo ◽  
Chaogang Chen ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Serum Lipids ◽  
Plasma Lipids ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
The Right ◽  
Usual Diet

Previous studies have suggested that the daidzein metabolite equol rather than daidzein itself contributes to the beneficial effect of soya foods in the prevention of CVD. The aim of the present study is to examine the proportion of equol excretion in Chinese adults and compare plasma lipids and carotid artery intima–media thickness (IMT) between equol excretors and non-excretors, and to evaluate the effect of soya isoflavone intakes on serum lipids and IMT in either equol excretors or non-excretors. Subjects (n 572; women n 362, men n 210) were recruited for the present study. An overnight urine sample was provided by each subject on their usual diet to quantify urinary concentrations of daidzein and equol. Far-wall IMT was determined by B-mode ultrasound in the right carotid at two sites, carotid bulb (CB-IMT) and common carotid artery (CCA-IMT), and fasting serum lipids were measured. Habitual dietary intakes were estimated with a FFQ, and soya isoflavone intake derived from the FFQ was assessed. Of the 572 subjects, the proportion of equol excretors on their usual diet was 25·0 % (n 143). Compared with non-excretors, equol excretors showed significantly lower serum TAG ( − 38·2 (95 % CI − 70·4, − 5·9) %, P = 0·012) and CCA-IMT ( − 4·9 (95 % CI − 9·7, − 0·3) %, P = 0·033). Equol excretors with higher daily isoflavone intakes ( − 5·4 mg/d) had significantly lower IMT ( − 16·2 %, P = 0·035) and tended to have higher HDL-cholesterol (P = 0·055) than did those with lower daily isoflavone intakes (1·5 mg/d), while no association was observed between soya isoflavone intakes and serum lipids or IMT in non-excretors. In conclusion, the benefits of soya isoflavones in preventing CVD may be apparent among equol excretors only.

Intima-media thickness measurement of the carotid artery in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilek Tuzun ◽  
Ayten Oguz ◽  
Murat Sahin ◽  
Safa Ersen Ganidagli ◽  
Didem Atay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Primary Hyperparathyroidism ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Thickness Measurement ◽  
Media Thickness

Application of the Measurement of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness for Prediction of the Essential Hypertension in Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 1550-1553
Author(s):  
Rosana Manea ◽  
Bianca Elena Popovici ◽  
Carmen Daniela Neculoiu ◽  
Dan Minea ◽  
Alina Calin
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Carotid Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Hypertension In Children

Hypertension is a major risk factor for progression of the atherosclerotic process and for developing of degenerative cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. The aim of this study is to evaluate how the measurement of carotid intima - media thickness for prediction of essential hypertension in children can be used.The study group included 81 children and the control group 61 children, all aged between 5 - 17 years and 11 months old, and admitted in Children Hospital Brasov in the period of 2009 � 2014. The study protocol included: BMI, blood pressure and Doppler echography of the common carotid artery for each group. Mean age of the patients from the study group was 13.67 years, 43.20 % girls and 56.80 % boys, while in the control group, the mean age was 14.07 years, 54.10% girls and 45.90 % boys. 70.37% of the children from the study group presented obesity, while in the control group 40.98% were obese. The IMTC study group ranged from 0.52 - 0.69 mm and the limits of the normotensive subjects were 0.32 -0.54 mm. In both groups the obese patients were found to have increased carotid artery intima-media, which means that IMTC was positively correlated with BMI (p=0.000001).It is necessary to identify diagnostic methods easily applicable for children, allowing involvement of the characteristics of the arterial wall in the degenerative pathological processes. Increased intima-media ratio is positively correlated with high values of blood pressure.

Carotid artery intima-media thickness is associated with coronary artery disease

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Heuten ◽  
I. Goovaerts ◽  
G. Ennekens ◽  
C. Vrints
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Media Thickness ◽  
Artery Disease
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