The Configuration of the Femoral Arterial Bifurcation’s Influence on Its Atherogenesis
Open Access
- 1 January 2020
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Forensic Medicine and Anatomy Research
- Vol. 08 (02), 45-53
- https://doi.org/10.4236/fmar.2020.82005
Abstract
Several theories point to the influence of the geometry of femoral arterial bifurcation in the formation and evolution of atherosclerosis plaques at the level of common, superficial and deep femoral arteries. The objective of this study is to correlate the degrees of calcifications of the femoral tripod with different morphological parameters, namely conicity, tortuosity, proximal and distal diameters of the arteries and angles between the common femoral artery (CFA) and the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and the profound femoral artery (PFA) and the superficial femoral artery. The results showed that only the tortuosity of the common femoral artery influences the formation of atherosclerosis plaque. These results allow us to predict the degree of calcification of the femoral tripod based on the tortuosity of the common femoral artery.Keywords
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