ISSN:
1432-1440
Keywords:
Duplex Sonographie
;
early atherosclerotic changes
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The technical evolution of ultrasonic equipment provides a high resolution imaging analysis of the vessel wall and thereby offers new possibilities in diagnosing very early atherosclerotic changes. The typical B-mode image in human and animal arteries shows parallel wall contures enclosing a hypoechcic space. In this study in Vitro-and in Vivo-experiments in rabbit aortas document the distance between these contures correlating histologically with a high cholesterol diet caused a broadening of the hypoechoic space in the rabbit aortic vessel wall. The data demonstrate that high resolution Duplex Sonography is a useful noninvasive approach for the detection of very early atherosclerotic changes in arterial vessel walls in a stage before plaques can be identified.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01725140
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