Both leg blood flow and the femoral blood flow pattern are related to left ventricular mass in elderly men.
Left ventricular mass (LVM) was significantly related to both the leg blood flow (r = -0.31, P < 0.05) and a Doppler-derived index of femoral arterial stiffness (r = 0.35, P < 0.05) in a sample of elderly men. Together with blood pressure, these two characteristics of peripheral blood flow explained 42% of the variation in LVM.
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Department of Geriatrics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Andrén
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Lithell
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D000368:Aged; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*