title: An ultrasonic measurement of superficial femoral artery wall thickness.
abstract: An ultrasonic measurement of the superficial femoral artery wall thickness was performed on 16 volunteers. The measurement included all echogenic tissue between the lumen of the superficial femoral artery and the lumen of the superficial femoral vein. The average arterial wall plus vein wall thickness in volunteers with peripheral arterial disease was 2.13 +/- 0.87 mm, significantly greater than the 1.27 +/- 0.50 mm found in those without detectable peripheral arterial disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Beach
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Isaac
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Strandness
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography