Influence of age and sex on the thickness of the radial artery wall.

Autor: Barry M; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Amiens Picardie University Hospital Center, 1 Rue du Professeur Christian CABROL, 80054 Amiens, Cedex1, France. Electronic address: barry.misbaou@chu-amiens.fr., Barry F; Department of Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, Ambroise-Paré Hospital, AP-HP, 9 avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France., Gun M; Department of Cardiology, Amiens Picardie University Hospital Center, 1 Rue du Professeur Christian CABROL, 80054 Amiens, Cedex1, France., Padurean P; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Amiens Picardie University Hospital Center, 1 Rue du Professeur Christian CABROL, 80054 Amiens, Cedex1, France., Ikoli JF; Department of Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, Amiens Picardie University Hospital Center, 1 Rue du Professeur Christian CABROL, 80054 Amiens, Cedex1, France., Havet E; Anatomy Laboratory Faculty of Medicine, University of Amiens, Amiens, Cedex1, France., Gara Ali B; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Amiens Picardie University Hospital Center, 1 Rue du Professeur Christian CABROL, 80054 Amiens, Cedex1, France., Caus T; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Amiens Picardie University Hospital Center, 1 Rue du Professeur Christian CABROL, 80054 Amiens, Cedex1, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current problems in cardiology [Curr Probl Cardiol] 2024 Jul; Vol. 49 (7), pp. 102523. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102523
Abstrakt: Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate whether there is a relationship between age or sex and the thickness of the radial artery wall.
Materials and Methods: We harvested human radial arteries from 48 cadavers (30 men and 18 women) in the anatomy laboratory. Histological sections of 3 μm thickness were prepared at the Laboratory of Anatomy and Pathological Cytology, mounted on slides, and stained with hematoxylin-phloxine-safran, Masson's trichrome, and orcein. The thickness of each radial artery wall (intima-media thickness) was measured using optical microscopy, and an average measurement was established among the three thicknesses (upper third, middle third, and lower third).
Statistical Methods: Statistical analyses were performed using the R software. Means and standard deviations were utilized. A correlation analysis was also conducted to assess the relationship between radial artery wall thickness and subjects' age.
Results: On average, the thickness of the left radial artery wall and that of the right radial artery measured 282 (34) micrometers (μm). We found a correlation between radial artery wall thickness and age in both men (p < 0.001) and women (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: In conclusion, this study elucidates that radial artery wall thickness is related to age and sex in its assessment.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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