Open AccessFocal compensatory enlargement of human arteries in response to progressive atherosclerosis. In vivo documentation using intravascular ultrasound.
Author(s) -
Douglas W. Losordo,
Kenneth Rosenfield,
Jenifer Kaufman,
Ann Pieczek,
Jeffrey M. Isner
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.89.6.2570
Subject(s) - medicine , intravascular ultrasound , in vivo , ultrasound , pathology , radiology , cardiology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Previous postmortem studies have demonstrated compensatory enlargement of atherosclerotic arteries in animal models and patients. Conclusions regarding these changes were drawn based on a comparison of the dimensions of diseased arteries in one group of subjects with the dimensions of normal arteries in another group. This method admits potential confounding variables, such as demographics and other disease states, which might also have an impact on arterial size.
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