Lower wall shear rate of the common carotid artery in treated type 2 diabetes mellitus with metabolic syndrome

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other components of the metabolic syndrome, are associated with high risk for cerebrovascular disease.

Keywords

• Ultrasonography
• wall shear stress
• wall shear rate diabetes mellitus
• carotid artery disease