Compared empirical evaluation of artery stiffness by echo-tracking and M-mode ultrasonography / 中华超声影像学杂志

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Objective To study the worth of echo-tracking and M-echo in evaluating artery stiffness comparatively.Methods Fifty two rabbits were divided into 4 groups randomlycontrol group 1,hypercholesterinemia group,control group 2,and artherosclerosis group,there were 13 rabbits in each group.The rabbits were bred with normal or 2% cholesterol animal feeds according to their groups.The femoral artery blood pressure were measured with catheter.Artery stiffness of abdomen aorta of every rabbit was evaluated by echo-tracking and M-echo at the baseline and the end of the study by 2 doctors,and each doctor did twice.Results All the rabbits of artherosclerosis group had lipid plaques in the thorax and abdomen aortas,and the interior elastic fibers board under the plagues were disrupted.Echo-tracking was more stable and sensitive than M-echo in evaluating artery stiffness.pressure-strain elastic modulus(E?) and stiffness index(?) were sensitive stiffness indexes,but arterial compliance(AC) was not.The indexes of artery stiffness evaluated by echo-tracking with short view of the artery were stable too,but not sensitive compared with long view.E? was relative to diastolic diameter of artery and HDL-C positively(P0.05).Conclusions Echo-tracking is more stable and sensitive than Mecho in evaluation of artery stiffness,long view of the artery should be applied in the evaluation of artery stiffness with the technique of echo-tracking.E? and ? were sensitive artery stiffness indexes,but AC was not.