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A high normal ankle-brachial index combined with a high pulse wave velocity is associated with cerebral microbleeds.
J Hypertens
August 2016
aDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine bOkinawa Health Promotion Foundation, Okinawa, Japan.
Objectives: Arterial stiffness is associated with the pathogenesis of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is used to predict arterial stiffness. We hypothesized that the increase in ABI with age occurs as a result of increasing arterial stiffness and wave reflection, and is thus associated with target organ damage.
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