Abstract
Acquiring data about venous or arterial vessel size is important for several reasons, given the increasing incidence of thomboembolic phenomena and arterial aneurysms and the emerging new vascular techniques. We studied 250 healthy subjects (125 men and 125 women; age range: 50 to 91 years) with no known vascular pathology, nor hypertension, nor diabetes. We assessed the caliber of abdominal aorta, inferior vena cava, iliac and femoral arteries and viens by color doppler ultrasonography, and analyzed the results with regard to sex, height, weight and body surface of each subject. The mean caliber measure of the large abdominal vessels appeared lower than the value obtained from cadavers. There was a direct proportion between the left and right vessels of the same subject. The difference in vessel caliber between male and female subjects was statistically significant. There was no correlation between vessel caliber and age, height or body surface area.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 180-184 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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Keywords
- Abdominal and femoral vessels
- Echo- Color-doppler
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anatomy
- Embryology
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Assessment of internal diameters of abdominal and femoral blood vessels in 250 living subjects using Color Doppler ultrasonography. / Valecchi, Debora; Bacci, Duccio; Gulisano, Massimo; Sgambati, Eleonora; Sibilio, Maurizio; Lipoma, Mario; Macchi, Claudio.
In: Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia, Vol. 115, No. 3, 2010, p. 180-184.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Assessment of internal diameters of abdominal and femoral blood vessels in 250 living subjects using Color Doppler ultrasonography
AU - Valecchi, Debora
AU - Bacci, Duccio
AU - Gulisano, Massimo
AU - Sgambati, Eleonora
AU - Sibilio, Maurizio
AU - Lipoma, Mario
AU - Macchi, Claudio
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Acquiring data about venous or arterial vessel size is important for several reasons, given the increasing incidence of thomboembolic phenomena and arterial aneurysms and the emerging new vascular techniques. We studied 250 healthy subjects (125 men and 125 women; age range: 50 to 91 years) with no known vascular pathology, nor hypertension, nor diabetes. We assessed the caliber of abdominal aorta, inferior vena cava, iliac and femoral arteries and viens by color doppler ultrasonography, and analyzed the results with regard to sex, height, weight and body surface of each subject. The mean caliber measure of the large abdominal vessels appeared lower than the value obtained from cadavers. There was a direct proportion between the left and right vessels of the same subject. The difference in vessel caliber between male and female subjects was statistically significant. There was no correlation between vessel caliber and age, height or body surface area.
AB - Acquiring data about venous or arterial vessel size is important for several reasons, given the increasing incidence of thomboembolic phenomena and arterial aneurysms and the emerging new vascular techniques. We studied 250 healthy subjects (125 men and 125 women; age range: 50 to 91 years) with no known vascular pathology, nor hypertension, nor diabetes. We assessed the caliber of abdominal aorta, inferior vena cava, iliac and femoral arteries and viens by color doppler ultrasonography, and analyzed the results with regard to sex, height, weight and body surface of each subject. The mean caliber measure of the large abdominal vessels appeared lower than the value obtained from cadavers. There was a direct proportion between the left and right vessels of the same subject. The difference in vessel caliber between male and female subjects was statistically significant. There was no correlation between vessel caliber and age, height or body surface area.
KW - Abdominal and femoral vessels
KW - Echo- Color-doppler
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JO - Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology
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