Acute Systemic Inflammation Increases Arterial Stiffness and Decreases Wave Reflections in Healthy Individuals

Vlachopoulos, Charalambos; Dima, Ioanna; Aznaouridis, Konstantinos; Vasiliadou, Carmen; Ioakeimidis, Nikolaos; Aggeli, Constadina; Toutouza, Marina; Stefanadis, Christodoulos

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.105.535435

Acute Systemic Inflammation Increases Arterial Stiffness and Decreases Wave Reflections in Healthy Individuals

Background— Aortic stiffness is a marker of cardiovascular disease and an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk. Although an association between inflammatory markers and increased arterial stiffness has been suggested, the causative relationship between inflammation and arterial stiffness …