It is thought that multi-factors may relate to the occurence and exaggeration of arterial sclerosis in diabetes mellitus. We pointed out the calcification of peripheral arteries in the legs on X-ray photographs as a sign of arteriosclerosis, and studied its prevalence in diabetics and nondiabetics...
A 53-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND END-STAGE RENAL disease who was undergoing hemodialysis presented with fever, painful fin-ger necrosis, and nonhealing ulceration of the legs. Hand radiographs showed no evidence of osteomyelitis but did show severely calcified arteries and the loss ...
The described devices may be used with blood arteries, veins, hearts, heart valves, pacemakers, and all blood contact devices such as left ventricle assist devices. Also, typically, the device further includes an associated resonant calibration switch for triggering the device to scan a blood conta...
A 59-year-old man presented with paresthesia and weakness in both legs. Plain radiography of the abdomen showed marked calcification of the wall of the abdominal aorta (Panels A and B, upper arrows) and the common iliac arteries (Panels A and B, lower arrows). These findings were ...
Calcium burden can be detected in patients using standard imaging methods. However, quantitative evaluation of calcium burden in specific arteries of the leg in PAD patients is uncommon in the clinical setting, and the association between quantified levels of vessel-specific calcium burden and ...
Only three of the patients had symptoms and signs of peripheral vascular insufficiency in the legs. Peak muscular flow after maximal work during ischaemia was reduced in the diabetic patients and decreased with increasing duration of diabetes. Medial calcification of the arteries was common, and it ...
Results: In 23 PXE patients, assessment of inflammation revealed significant 18F-FDG uptake in diseased skin areas contrary to normal regions, and exclusively in the proximal aorta contrary to the popliteal arteries. There was no correlation between 18F-FDG uptake and PWV in the aortic wall. ...
In the 19th century, VC was regarded as the presence of bone tissue within atherosclerotic arteries [23]. However, in the late 20th century, VC was found to involve chondrocytes and osteoblast-like cells, which form from the de-differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Although ...