Total and Structural Carotid Artery Stiffness Are Associated With Cognitive Decline and Structural Brain Abnormalities Related to Alzheimer Disease and Alzheimer Disease‐Related Dementias Pathology: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Higher structural stiffness of the carotid artery is associated with cognitive decline, whereas both structural and load-dependent stiffness are associated with brain structural abnormalities common in Alzheimer disease-related dementias.
Authors
- Susan R. Heckbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7100-512X)
- Ilya M. Nasrallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2346-7562)
- José A. Luchsinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5886-3648)
- Mohamad Habes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-5805)
- Kathleen M. Hayden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7745-3513)
- Claudia E. Korcarz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-9027)
- Jordan E. Tanley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0525-9662)
- Ryan J. Pewowaruk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1190-7196)
- Jeremy Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-9490)
- Theodore M. DeConne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9704-6499)
- Timothy M. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-7199)
- Samuel N. Lockhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-5420)
- Adam D. Gepner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-2850)
- Cynthia M. Carlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-1563)
- Jingzhong Ding
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- California University of Pennsylvania (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.039925
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.16