The validity of arterial measurements in a South African embalmed body population

Abstract

With the exception of two measurements, measurements in embalmed bodies and living people are interchangeable and concerns regarding the effect of distortion and shrinkage are unfounded. Even small changes in arterial diameter greatly influence blood flow and blood pressure, which contribute to undesirable clinical outcomes such as aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections. This study completes the first step towards the development of a reference database against which to compare the diameters of arteries in a variety of pathological conditions in a South African population.

A detailed study of the course, branching pattern and dimensions of the uterine and vaginal arteries and their branches

“…22 Conventional angiography of UA and VA have been reported to occasionally create a false impression of arterial occlusion within the pelvis because of slowing of blood flow through aberrant branches of the UA and VA. 24 Similarly metal implants have also been reported to cause artefact formation in computerized tomography generated angiographic images. 6,11,25 In addition, pelvic ischemia has at times been reported to be wrongly diagnosed because of erroneous placement of the catheter tip into aberrant branches of UA and VA. 26 Lastly, since conventional Doppler is often limited in identifying deeply located arterial perforators, color Doppler is often used. 22 However, the accuracy of color Doppler is dependent on human variations such as the experience of radiologist.…”