We compared intima-media thickness (IMT) and the prevalence of plaques in the common carotid artery (CCA) and common femoral artery (CFA) in apparently healthy participants. This multicenter study included 322 participants (59.9% female; age 20-78 years, mean 52.1 ± 15.3 years) who underwent Echo-color Doppler examination of the CCA and CFA bilaterally. Prevalence and composition of plaque were recorded. A significant ( P < .01) difference between mean CCA-IMT and mean CFA-IMT was detected (0.70 vs 0.73 mm). Plaque prevalence was significantly higher in the CFA compared to the CCA (40.7% vs 30.4%). Atherosclerotic plaques were found in both CFA and CCA in 46% of the cases, solely in CFA in 38%, and in CCA alone in 17%. The observed difference in plaque prevalence was even greater when only fibrolipid isolated plaques were considered (CFA 39.4% vs CCA 22.1%). In a healthy general population, atherosclerotic plaques were present in the CFA but not in the CCA in over one-third of the cases. Further studies must confirm whether ultrasonography of the CFA might be introduced in the screening protocols for cardiovascular risk assessment.
Femoral artery ultrasound examination: a new role in predicting cardiovascular risk / Lucatelli, Pierleone; Fagnani, Corrado; Tarnoki, Adam Domonkos; Tarnoki, David Laszlo; Stazi, Maria Antonietta; Salemi, Miriam; Cirelli, Carlo; Sacconi, Beatrice; D'Adamo, Alessandro; Fanelli, Fabrizio; Catalano, Carlo; Pucci, Giacomo; Schillaci, Giuseppe; Baracchini, Claudio; Medda, Emanuela. - In: ANGIOLOGY. - ISSN 0003-3197. - 68:3(2017), pp. 257-265. [10.1177/0003319716651777]
Femoral artery ultrasound examination: a new role in predicting cardiovascular risk
LUCATELLI, PIERLEONE
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;CIRELLI, CARLO;SACCONI, BEATRICE;D'ADAMO, ALESSANDRO;FANELLI, Fabrizio;CATALANO, Carlo;
2017
Abstract
We compared intima-media thickness (IMT) and the prevalence of plaques in the common carotid artery (CCA) and common femoral artery (CFA) in apparently healthy participants. This multicenter study included 322 participants (59.9% female; age 20-78 years, mean 52.1 ± 15.3 years) who underwent Echo-color Doppler examination of the CCA and CFA bilaterally. Prevalence and composition of plaque were recorded. A significant ( P < .01) difference between mean CCA-IMT and mean CFA-IMT was detected (0.70 vs 0.73 mm). Plaque prevalence was significantly higher in the CFA compared to the CCA (40.7% vs 30.4%). Atherosclerotic plaques were found in both CFA and CCA in 46% of the cases, solely in CFA in 38%, and in CCA alone in 17%. The observed difference in plaque prevalence was even greater when only fibrolipid isolated plaques were considered (CFA 39.4% vs CCA 22.1%). In a healthy general population, atherosclerotic plaques were present in the CFA but not in the CCA in over one-third of the cases. Further studies must confirm whether ultrasonography of the CFA might be introduced in the screening protocols for cardiovascular risk assessment.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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