Arterial stiffness is associated with raised levels of the inflammatory marker erythrocyte sedimentation rate among ischaemic stroke patients

Authors: De Silva,; Woon¹; Gan²; Chen³; Chang⁴; Cameron⁵; Kingwell⁶; Wong⁴

Source: Internal Medicine Journal, Volume 38, Number 12, December 2008 , pp. 918-920(3)

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Abstract:

We studied the relationship of arterial stiffness, measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and inflammation, measured by serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate among 334 ischaemic stroke patients. There was a significant correlation between carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (P = 0.001), a relationship independent of age, hypertension, diabetes and smoking. Arterial stiffness and inflammation are associated among ischaemic stroke patients and are independent of established vascular risk factors.

Keywords: inflammation; stiffness; central pulse wave velocity; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ischaemic stroke

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01811.x

Affiliations: 1: National Heart Centre, Singapore 2: Neurovascular Laboratory, Singapore General Hospital 3: National University of Singapore, Singapore 4: National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore General Hospital campus 5: La Trobe University 6: Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia