Title: An investigation on the relationship between femoral aftherosclerosis and coronary heart disease in patients in Zhoushan
Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship between femoral atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients in Zhou Shan.Methods 300 patients were divided into the CAD group and the control group based on the results of coronary angiography.The CAD group was further subdivided into the first,the second and the third stenosed vessel groups.Measurements were made on femoral intima-media wall thickness (IMT),plaque thickness and atheromatous plaque incidence.Results The IMT,plaque thickness and atheromatous plaque incidence were significantly higher in the CAD groups than those in the control (P0.01).When IMT0.85 and/or femoral atherosclerosis were used for the prediction of the occurrence of CAD,the specificity is 75.5%,sensitivity is 86.1% and the positivity is 87.9%.Conclusions Severity of femoral atherosclerosis is directly proportional to the occurrence of CAD in Zhou Shan region.Femoral ultrasound examination can provide useful clinical information in the diagnosis of CAD.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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