Title :
Ultrasound Study of the Carotid Artery Measures in Obesity and Overweight Adolescents
Author :
Chun-Yan, He ; Fang-Biao, Tao
Author_Institution :
Anhui Med. Univ. Hefei, Hefei
Abstract :
We did carotid artery measures by use of color Doppler ultrasound in 33 adolescents. The results showed that around the carotid artery, jugular and carotid artery diameter, the intima-media thickness, blood pulsatility index (PI) and blood resistance index (Rl) in obese adolescents were higher than those in control group, and peak diastolic blood velocity (Vd) in obese group slower than that in control group. Alterations in the pulsatile behavior of the vasculature may be a sensitive marker to detect arterial changes related to CV risk factors.
Keywords :
Doppler measurement; biomedical ultrasonics; blood flow measurement; blood pulsatility index; blood resistance index; carotid artery; color Doppler ultrasound; diastolic blood velocity; jugular artery; obesity; overweight adolescents; Blood; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Elasticity; Electrical resistance measurement; Immune system; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Velocity control;
Conference_Titel :
Complex Medical Engineering, 2007. CME 2007. IEEE/ICME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1077-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1078-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCME.2007.4381808
