Research progress on the relationship between pulse wave velocity and vascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is often clinically associated with mi- and macrovascular diseases, but is often ignored in the early stage of the disease. Therefore, more auxiliary detection methods are needed clinically for early screening and auxiliary diagnosis of T2DM and high-risk patients. Arteriosclerosis detection--especially pulse wave velocity (PWV), as a noninvasive and effective method for measuring arterial stiffness, has been applied more and more widely in clinic recent years. Existing studies have shown that increased arterial stiffness is an important predictor of the occurrence and development of vascular diseases in T2DM. The value of PWV in the prediction of atherosclerosis is particularly important in order to better predict the occurrence of disease and start health management as soon as possible. Therefore, the relationship between PWV and mi- and macrovasular complications in T2DM is reviewed in present paper to provide early warning for patients with T2DM who have early vascular risk. DOI: 10.11855/j.issn.0577-7402.2021.05.11