Is carotid wall inertial index increase related to intima-media thickening in hypertensive patients?
Wall inertia increase was associated with a higher IMT, suggesting that the intima-media thickening might be partially related to vascular hypertrophy manifested as increase of inertial behaviour.
Taken together, our results provide evidences that in this model of hypertension, impaired K(+) channels activation by TERPY and SERCA activation by SNP may contribute to decreased vasodilatation.