Sex-linked pattern of collaterals in iliac artery occlusive disease.
Aorto-femoral angiography carried out in 839 patients revealed that 139 males and females had uni- or bilateral occlusion of the common or external iliac arteries. Pelvic or lumbar/intercostal arteries served as collaterals in 786 patients. In the remaining 53 patients the collateral blood supply originated from the thoracic arteries. Among the 53 patients, only 7 were females. A chi 2-test revealed the difference to be significant (p less than 0.0005), indicating a sex-linked difference, a male preponderance, in the development of collateral circulation of thoracic origin.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001027:Aortography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic