Non-Invasive Quantitative Imaging of Human Local Arterial Wall Elasticity Using Supersonic Shear Imaging

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Inclusion criteria

for Healthy Volunteers

• Healthy volunteers between 18 and 70 years old of two sexes.
• Caucasian origin
• No tobacco or stopped for more than 5 years
• BMI between 18 and 30 kg/m2.
• Blood pressure after 5 minutes of rest < 140 and 90 mmHg.
• Biological test (haematological biochemistry test in blood , urine test and toxicology tests are all normal) ECG, Blood pressure and Heart rhythm normal.
• All volunteers received information on the research and signed the consent form.
• Health system protection required

Inclusion criteria

for patient :

• Age between, 18 et 70 years old for the two sexes
• Presence of two major criteria of Villefranche classification (Am J Med Genet 1998 ;77:31-7) and/or heterozygote pathogen mutation of COL3A1 gene.
• At least 4cm long normal arterial segment (carotid or femoral) analyzed by mode B echograph.
• All patient received information on the research and signed the consent form.
• Health system protection required

General Exclusion Criteria :

• Pregnancy
• Echograph gel allergy
• Local Artery disease (dissection or thrombosis)
• Arrhythmia
• No health insurance coverage
• Incapacity or refused to sign the consent form

Exclusion criteria

for Healthy volunteers

• Acute or Chronic Systemic disease (atherosclerosis)
• Alcohol abuse or drug abuse (cocaine,cannabis,etc..)
• Active or past tobacco
• Hypercholesterolemia (LDLc >1.09 g/l)
• Exclusion period according to the national record for volunteer of clinical trial.

Exclusion criteria

for Patients

• No intact (carotid or femoral) segment for SSI analysis
• AT2 inhibitors or Beta blockers treatment will be notified but are not considered as exclusion criteria.