title: Both leg blood flow and the femoral blood flow pattern are related to left ventricular mass in elderly men.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andrén
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lithell
mesh_terms: 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*