Association of Aortic Compliance and Brachial Endothelial Function with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: Assessment with High-Resolution MRI

<div>A 68-year-old male patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus for 20 years with abnormal periventricular white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) (arrows) and deep WMHs (arrowheads) on a FLAIR sequence and aortic arch PWV of 7.44 m/s and brachial artery FMD of 5.88%.</div>

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Figure 4: Association of Aortic Compliance and Brachial Endothelial Function with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: Assessment with High-Resolution MRI 

Figure 4 | Association of Aortic Compliance and Brachial Endothelial Function with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: Assessment with High-Resolution MRI 