[Comparative morphometric investigations for the determination of the degree of stenosis of the femora artery (author's transl)].
Planimetry, point-counting-technique and gravimetry were tested for their suitability for determining the degree of stenosis on the same material, the arteria femoralis dextra out of 103 unselected obduction cases. Pilot studies on the circle showed the planimetric method to be most accurate. On transverse sections of the femoral arteries the results of the point-counting-technique deviate significantly stronger from the planimetric test results in comparison with those of the gravimtric method. The point-counting-technique shows the smallest, the gravimetric method the highest time expenditure. Attention is drawn to the necessity of taking into account the plane of the intact intima when determining the degree of stenosis. Also in the case of high-grade stenoses there are frequently no clinically conspicous disturbances of the blood flow.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged
Vergleichende morphometrische Untersuchungen zue Bestimmung des Stenosegrades der Arteria femoralis