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Comparison of femoral artery plaque characteristics between men and women in elderly population using magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging
Lichen Zhang1,2, Yongjun Han3, Maobin Guang4, Zhu Zhu4, Jianming Cai5, and Xihai Zhao6
11Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China., Beijing, China, 2Department of Radiology, the Fifth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China., Beijing, China, 3Department of radiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China., Beijing, China, 4Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China, Yangzhou, China, 5Department of Radiology, the Fifth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China., Beijing, China, Beijing, China, 6Center For Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Beijing, China
Men had significantly larger area of lumen and wall, but smaller normalized wall index compared with women. Men and women have similar wall thickness, eccentricity index, luminal stenosis and presence of plaque.
Figure 2: Comparison of morphology of different femoral artery segments between males and females with plaque. CFA: common femoral artery; pSFA: proximal superficial femoral artery AC: adductor canal PA: popliteal artery.
Figure 3. Comparison of morphology of different femoral artery segments between males and females with plaque with plaque