Low Total Antioxidative Capacity Levels Are Associated With Augmentation Index But Not Pulse Wave Velocity
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Prof. Dr. Ömer Gedikli Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Serkan Öztürk Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Hülya Yılmaz
Prof. Dr. Merih Kutlu Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Abdulkadir Kırış
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. İsmet Durmuş Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Kayıhan KARAMAN Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Süleyman Caner Karahan Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Şükrü Çelik
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Heart and Vessels (Q4)
Dergi ISSN 0910-8327 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 09-2009
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 01-09-2009
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 24 / 5 / 366–370 DOI 10.1007/s00380-008-1129-7
Makale Linki http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00380-008-1129-7
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It is well known the relationship between oxidative stress and vascular function. However, association between total antioxidative capacity and arterial stiffness was not studied in patients with hypertension (HT). This study investigated whether total antioxidative capacity is associated with arterial stiffness and wave reflections. We studied 46 (age 48.5 ± 10.6 years) never treated patients with HT and age-matched control group of 40 (age 47 ± 8.6 years) normotensive individuals. Total antioxidative capacity level was determined in all subjects. We evaluated arterial stiffness and wave reflections of the study population, using applanation tonometry (SphygmoCor). Carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity (PWV) was measured as index of aortic stiffness. The heart rate-corrected augmentation index (AIx@75) was estimated as a composite marker of wave reflections and arterial stiffness. Carotid-femoral PWV (10.5 ± 2.2 vs …
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