Arterial stiffness is a novel cause of premature heart damage among adolescents, according to a new follow-up study.
Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMAug 16 2023 The study was conducted in collaboration between Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in the US, the University of Bristol in the UK, the University of Exeter in the UK, and the University of Eastern Finland, and the results were published in Atherosclerosis.
Arterial stiffness estimated from carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity has been discovered as a novel cause of increased blood pressure, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome in adolescents and young adults. It was also recently shown that increased blood pressure in adolescence may cause premature heart damage, but it is not known whether arterial stiffness could independently cause structural and functional damage to the heart.
During the 7-year follow-up period, the prevalence of heart structural damage among adolescents doubled.
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Arterial stiffness may cause and worsen heart damage among adolescentsArterial stiffness is a novel cause of premature heart damage among adolescents, according to a new follow-up study. The study was conducted in collaboration between Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in the U.S., the University of Bristol in the U.K., the University of Exeter in the U.K., and the University of Eastern Finland. The results were published in Atherosclerosis.
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