What causes vascular tortuosity?
What causes vascular tortuosity? Buckling stimulates wall remodeling and the interaction between artery dynamics, buckling and wall remodeling leads to further development of vessel tortuosity. Tortuosity may be caused by multiple factors: genetic factors, degenerative vascular diseases and an alteration in blood flow and pressure. What causes twisted blood vessels? Tortuous arteries and veins are commonly observed in humans and animals. While mild tortuosity is asymptomatic, severe tortuosity can lead to ischemic attack in distal organs. Clinical observations have linked tortuous arteries and veins with aging, atherosclerosis, hypertension, genetic defects and diabetes mellitus. What is vascular tortuosity? As its name...