Drug therapies and presence of coronary artery disease may affect aortic stiffness in Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract

Osman Bektaş,1 Zeki Yüksel Günaydin,1 Ahmet Karagöz,2 Ahmet Kaya1 1Ordu University, Department of Cardiology, Ordu, 2Giresun University, Department of Cardiology, Giresun, TurkeyWe have read the original research entitled "Altered diastolic function and aortic stiffness in Alzheimer’s disease" by Çalık et al1 which was published in the July 2014 issue of Clinical Interventions in Aging, with great interest. We would like to touch on some points about this article.View original paper by Çalık and colleagues

Keywords

• aortic stiffness
• Alzheimer disease