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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Fai NgORCiD, Ching Ng
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OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TA). Increased arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor and predictor of cardiovascular mortality in a variety of diseases. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the augmentation index (AI) are used as clinical measurements of arterial stiffness. METHODS: Data are presented from 10 patients with TA and 11 normal controls obtained between 2000 and 2004. Arterial compliance was assessed non-invasively by measurement of PWV, using the Complior system, and calculation of the aortic AI. RESULTS: TA patients (mean age 40.8+/-13.2 yr) were compared with a control group of healthy women from a parallel study (mean age 32.3+/-5.5 yr). The mean carotid-femoral PWV (PWV-CF) was higher in TA patients (P = 0.03). In addition, both aortic AI derived from the radial artery (P = 0.002) and carotid AI (P = 0.03) were higher in TA patients compared with controls. PWV-CF did not correlate with CRP (r = - 0.23, P = 0.23) or ESR (r = - 0.19, P = 0.27). Similar results were obtained for the correlation of carotid-radial PWV with CRP (r = 0.15, P = 0.32) and ESR (r = 0.33, P = 0.14). CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that TA is associated with elevated arterial stiffness in the central aorta, which may persist when the disease is quiescent. These data suggest that PWV represents a means by which cardiovascular risk can be detected and monitored in TA, and highlights the importance of effective management of cardiovascular risk factors in these patients.
Author(s): Ng WF, Fantin F, Ng C, Dockery F, Schiff R, Davies KA, Rajkumar C, Mason JC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Rheumatology
Year: 2006
Volume: 45
Issue: 6
Pages: 741-745
ISSN (print): 1462-0324
ISSN (electronic): 1462-0332
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kei274
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei274
Notes: Journal Article
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