Arterial anti-aging treatment is important, but there had not been a
good marker of arterial aging. One candidate of the markers was arterial
stiffness. But, it has been difficult to measure proper arterial stiffness invivo, noninvasively.
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Pulse wave velocity (PWV) which was reflecting arterial stiffness, was
used for last 30 years, but was inherently changed at the blood pressure at
measuring time. The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) was recently developed
marker reflecting arterial stiffness of the arterial tree from the origin of
the aorta to the ankle. The conspicuous feature of CAVI is independency from
the blood pressure at measuring time. CAVI increased with aging both in males
than in females. So, CAVI could be a good marker reflecting arterial aging.
Furthermore, CAVI showed high value in most of those with various risks of
coronary artery disease, and especially high in those with diabetes mellitus
and even with prediabetes condition. Diabetes mellitus is kwon to be a strong
factor for arterial aging. Read more>>>>>>
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