scholarly journals B-mode and Doppler ultrasonography in the assessment of the common carotid arteries of equines and mules and the relation with body mass, age and neck circumference

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Jéssica L. Fogaça ◽  
Maria C.R. Castiglioni ◽  
Michel C. Vettorato ◽  
Danilo G.A. Andrade ◽  
José N.P. Puoli-Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Doppler Ultrasonography ◽  
The Body ◽  
Flow Index ◽  
Neck Length ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries

ABSTRACT: As age increases, changes in cardiovascular anatomy and physiology occur, even in the absence of disease. Thus, studies of vessel hemodynamics are considered primordial to detect any cardiovascular changes. The objective of this study has been to describe the parameters of B-mode and spectral Doppler ultrasonography in the evaluation of the common carotid arteries of 11 equine and 11 mules, and correlate with age, body mass and neck circumferences. The diameters, intima - media thickness (IMT), resistivity index (RI), pulsatility index (PI), systolic velocity (SV), diastolic velocity (DV), maximum velocity (MV), vascular flow index (VFI), body mass, age, circumference and neck length. Ultrasonographic variables were evaluated in three different region called cranial, middle and caudal. Equine females presented higher values regarding the body mass, age and neck length, as compared to the neck circumferences of the animals, those of the mules were superior. The age of the mules had a positive correlation with the body mass, diameter and neck circumferences, it has a negative correlation between age and vessel diameters. The body mass of the mules had a positive correlation with age and vessel diameters, and with vessel diameters and neck circumferences in equine females. The RI and PI variables had a positive correlation with body mass for mules, and with age for equine females. The DV had a negative correlation with body mass for both equine and mule females. Regarding the variables MV and VFI, age correlated negatively for mules, while it was not significant for equine females. It found a difference between equine females and mules in the correlations performed, with body mass, age, neck circumferences and between B-mode and Doppler ultrasonography variables.

scholarly journals Grayscale histogram analysis to study the echogenicity and echotexture of the walls of the common carotid arteries of horses and mules

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-229
Author(s):  
Jéssica L. Fogaça ◽  
Michel C. Vettorato ◽  
José Nicolau P. Puoli-Filho ◽  
Marco A.R. Fernandes ◽  
Vânia Maria V. Machado
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Visual Inspection ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Image Interpretation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mass Factor ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries

ABSTRACT: Visual inspection of ultrasound examination for assessment of echogenicity and echotexture of blood vessel tissues is a technique routinely used in medical practice in humans. However, simple visual inspection can lead to poor quality diagnoses and errors. The use of grayscale histogram (GSH) analysis has proved to be an efficient technique to quantify the region of interest, allowing minimization of image interpretation errors. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the echogenicity and echotexture of the walls of the common carotid arteries of healthy female horses and mules using the GSH technique and correlate them with age, body mass, and vessel diameters. B-mode ultrasound examinations were performed in the left and right common carotid arteries in three regions (cranial, middle, and caudal) in 11 horses and 11 healthy mules. The GSH of the animals showed heterogeneous walls, but did not differentiate statistically between female horses and mules. The Mean variable of the middle right, middle left and caudal right sides showed differences, more significant in the mules. On the middle right side, the Min variable was different, higher in the mules. On the middle and caudal left side, the variables Max and Mode showed higher values in the mules. For the mules, the age factor presented negative correlation with the Mean, Mode,, Mode(Count), and Mode(Count)/Count(%) variables, and the body mass factor presented negative correlation with the Mode, Mean and Max variables. For the female horses, the body mass factor showed positive correlation with the Mean and Mode variables. Echogenicity of the carotid artery walls differed between female horses and mules, whereas echotexture was heterogeneous and statistically similar among the animals. The age and body mass factors inversely influenced the echogenicity of the mules, but were not significant in the female horses, in which only the body mass factor positively influenced echogenicity.

scholarly journals Bilateral Displacement of the Common Carotid Arteries by a Large Goiter

Cureus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lexian J McBain ◽  
Joe Iwanaga ◽  
Rod J Oskouian ◽  
Marios Loukas ◽  
R. Shane Tubbs
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Large Goiter ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries

Abstract P433: Emerging Lifestyle Factors Predict Carotid Intimal Media Thickness Scores

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 129 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven C Masley ◽  
Richard Roetzheim ◽  
Timothy P McNamara ◽  
Lucas V Masley ◽  
Douglas D Schocken
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Aerobic Fitness ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Carotid Imt ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries ◽  
Statin Use

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the number one cause of mortality in the western world. Carotid intimal media thickness (carotid IMT) is a safe and reliable predictor of future CVD risk. Hypothesis: The study aims to assess the hypothesis that lifestyle factors impact carotid IMT, and determine which nutrition and fitness risk factors best predict mean carotid IMT scores. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional analysis of 592 men and women undergoing health and cardiovascular risk screening. This study reflects the first visit of these subjects, age 23 to 65 (mean = 48.2), who are followed longitudinally and who were participants at a “wellness” oriented program for patients who are generally well-educated and mostly in good health. Measurements were made of fitness using VO2max stress testing and push-up and sit-up scores following the American College of Sports Medicine testing protocols, diet intake using a 3-day dietary intake survey and computerized analyses. Mean carotid IMT scores were obtained using high resolution B-mode ultrasonography of the common carotid arteries. Each subject had ≥10 images collected from the far wall of the right and left distal 1 cm of the common carotid arteries at end diastole. The carotid intimal thickness was measured as a continuous variable, using both multivariate linear and bivariate linear regression. Multivariate analyses adjusted for potential confounders using multiple linear regression and included measures of body composition, blood pressure, fasting lipid and glucose levels, and statin use. Results: Multivariate analyses show that higher mean carotid IMT values are associated with increasing age (p<0.0001), male gender (p<.0.0001), lower aerobic capacity (p=0.0045), lower intake of fish (p=0.05), and lower intake of zinc (p=0.0002). Bivariate analyses controlling for age and gender, with and without statin use, showed higher mean carotid IMT scores were statistically associated with lower levels of aerobic fitness, (p = 0.0007), lower intake of fiber (p=0.02) and lower intake of magnesium (p=0.019). Intake of protein, carbohydrate, and fat as percent of calories; as well as intake of saturated fat, sodium, calcium, potassium, and vitamin K; measures of strength (assessed with push-up and sit-up testing); and self-reported exercise minutes per week were not associated with mean carotid IMT scores. Conclusions: In this database, aerobic fitness and dietary intake of fiber, fish, magnesium, and zinc are associated with lower carotid IMT scores. Further studies are warranted to explore the impact of emerging lifestyle factors on cardiovascular risk and clinical outcomes.

Doppler Assessment of the Effect of Chewing Qat on Hemodynamics of the Common Carotid Arteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ibrahim ◽  
Bushra Hussein A. Malik ◽  
Moawia Gameraddin
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries

Secondary Flow in the Human Common Carotid Artery Imaged by MR Angiography

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Caro ◽  
C. L. Dumoulin ◽  
J. M. R. Graham ◽  
K. H. Parker ◽  
S. P. Souza
Keyword(s):  
Human Subject ◽  
Mr Angiography ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Imaging ◽  
Dynamic Flow ◽  
Healthy Human Subject ◽  
Healthy Human ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries

The blood flow in arteries affects both the biology of the vessels and the development of atherosclerosis. The flow is three dimensional, unsteady, and difficult to measure or to model computationally. We have used phase-shift-based magnetic resonance angiography to image and measure the flow in the common carotid arteries of a healthy human subject. There was curvature of the vessels and thin-slice dynamic flow imaging showed evidence of the presence of secondary motions. Flexing the cervical spine straightened the vessels and reduced the asymmetry of the flow.

Vascular Doppler ultrasonographic indices in cirrhosis: a case–control study with emphasis on the common carotid arteries

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (10) ◽  
pp. 982-988
Author(s):  
Abolhassan Shakeri ◽  
Mojtaba Varshochi ◽  
Naser Atapour ◽  
Masoud Nemati ◽  
Manoochehr Khoshbaten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Influence of overweight on functional capacity of physically active older women

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akeline Santos de Almeida ◽  
Patrícia Almeida Fontes ◽  
Jamille Mendonça Reinaldo ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Feitosa Neta ◽  
Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho Sampaio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Physically Active

Abstract Aging comprises a dynamic and progressive process, characterized by physiological and functional changes. Among these changes, increase in body fat is considered relevant, since it can leads to impaired physical fitness and augmented cardiometabolic risks. Considering this, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of overweight on functional capacity of physically active older women. A field survey was performed with 24 older women who practiced physical exercise. Participants were submitted to anamnesis, anthropometric measures (i.e., body mass and height); the Senior Fitness test; sit and reach flexibility test; and handgrip strength test. Pearson’s correlation test and multivariate logistic regression were used to verify the association between overweight and functional capacity. It was observed that hip flexibility (R=-0.494, p=0.014) and flexibility of the lower limbs (i.e., sit and reach test) showed negative correlation with the body mass index (R=-0.446, p=0.02); and after the multivariate logistic regression, negative correlation of lower limbs flexibility (B=-0,035, p=0,014) and the body mass index was observed. Thus, higher the body mass index among participants, lower hip flexibility they presented.

scholarly journals Dependence of the efficiency of the initial state of fosinopril structure common carotid arteries, intravascular blood flow and central hemodynamics at patients with arterial hypertension

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
L V Melnikova ◽  
L F Bartosh ◽  
O A Grechishkina
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Carotid Arteries ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Peripheral Resistance ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Central Hemodynamic ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Carotid Arteries

Aim. To study changes in structural and functional features of the common carotid arteries and central hemodynamic parameters under the influence of fosinopril at hypertensive patients depending on achieving target blood pressure.Material and methods. The study included 116 patients with essential hypertension. All patients underwent a general clinical study, an ultrasound scan of the common carotid arteries (CCA ) with the assessment of the structure and intravascular blood flow, and echocardiography with the definition of the parameters of central hemodynamic and intravascular, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) before the study and after 24 weeks of antihypertensive therapy angiotensin - converting enzyme fosinopril. Two groups of patients: the first group consisted of 74 people with the achievement of the targets of blood pressure (BP), the second 42 people who have not been achieved target BP levels.Results. In the first group there was a statistically significant decrease in the proportion of peripheral resistance, increased systolic index, distensibility coefficient of the common carotid arteries peak flow velocity. In the second group specific peripheral resistance was significantly increased, the thickness of the intima-media increased, decreased peak flow velocity.Conclusion. Effectiveness depends on fosinopril initial state total peripheral resistance, cardiac output, structural and functional features elastic arteries.

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