Assessment of Upper Extremity Venous Compliance in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Skoog, Johan; Shlimon, Kristian; Bjarnegård, Niclas; Lindenberger, Marcus

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.07.009

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“…This strategy is in distinction to the present study, where controls were recruited from a regional screening program, which better represents a general population. It has also been shown that upper limb venous compliance and capacitance are decreased in patients with AAA, 31 further supporting the view that AAA might affect vascular physiology and geometry distant from the aorta.…”

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Radial artery lumen diameter and intima thickness in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Shlimon

Lindenberger²,

Welander³

et al. 2022

JVS-Vascular Science

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Radial artery lumen diameter and intima thickness in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Shlimon

Lindenberger²,

Welander³

et al. 2022

JVS-Vascular Science

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Regional and Global Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Lindenberger,

Ziegler,

Bjarnegård

et al. 2024

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

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Increased diameter and stiffness of elastic but not muscular arteries in men with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Shlimon,

Lindenberger,

De Basso

et al. 2024

Journal of Applied Physiology

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It has been proposed that formation of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is part of a systemic arterial dilatative disease. However, arteries in the upper extremity are scarcely studied and it remains unclear whether both muscular and elastic arteries are affected by the proposed systemic arterial dilatation. The aim of this study was to investigate diameter and stiffness of muscular and elastic arteries in arterial branches originating from the aortic arch. Twenty-six men with AAA (69 ± 4 years) and fifty-seven men without AAA (70 ± 5 years) were included in the study. Ultrasound was used to examine the distal and proximal brachial artery, axillary artery, and common carotid artery (CCA), and measurement of diameter and diameter change were performed with wall-tracking software. Blood pressure measurements were used to calculate local arterial wall stiffness indices. The AAA cohort presented larger arterial diameters in the CCA and axillary artery after adjustment for body surface area ( p=0.002, respectively), while the brachial artery diameters were unchanged. Indices of increased stiffness in CCA (e.g., lower distensibility, p=0.003) were seen in subjects with AAA, after adjustments for body mass index and mean arterial blood pressure. This study supports the theory of a systemic arterial dilating diathesis in in peripheral elastic, but not in muscular, arteries. Peripheral elastic arteries also exhibited increased stiffness, in analogy with findings in the aorta in AAA.

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Assessment of Upper Extremity Venous Compliance in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Cited by 4 publications

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Radial artery lumen diameter and intima thickness in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Radial artery lumen diameter and intima thickness in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Regional and Global Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Increased diameter and stiffness of elastic but not muscular arteries in men with abdominal aortic aneurysm

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