Effect of hypertension and risk factors on diameters of abdominal aorta and common iliac and femoral arteries in middle-aged hypertensive and control subjects

Autor:	Y Antti Reunanen, Antero Kesäniemi, Markku Päivänsalo, J Merikanto, Heikki Kauma, M. Lilja, Markku J. Savolainen, I. Suramo, Rantala Ao, Tapani Jerkkola
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Duplex ultrasonography Aorta Groin business.industry Abdominal aorta Echogenicity Femoral artery Common iliac artery Surgery Blood pressure medicine.anatomical_structure medicine.artery Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business
Zdroj:	Atherosclerosis. 153:99-106
ISSN:	0021-9150
Popis:	There is a general tendency towards atherosclerosis and arterial dilatation in older age, and high blood pressure also tends to increase arterial diameters. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors on aortic, common iliac and common femoral artery diameters. The diameters of the abdominal aorta and the iliac and femoral arteries and the extent of echogenic plaques in the aorta and the iliac arteries down to groin level were evaluated with ultrasound in 1007 middle-aged (40-60 years) men (505) and women (502), 496 with arterial hypertension and 511 controls. Twenty-eight subjects were excluded because of poor visualization. Men had significantly larger diameters of the abdominal aorta (mean 21.3+/-2.8 vs. 17.8+/-1.3 mm) and the common iliac (13.4+/-2.0 vs. 12.2+/-1.2) and common femoral arteries (11.0+/-1.4 vs. 9.7+/-0.9) than women (P for all
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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