Accumulation of elements in the arteries and cardiac valves of Thai with aging |
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Authors: | Yoshiaki Ohnishi Setsuko Tohno Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh Yoshiyuki Tohno Pidhyasak Vaidhayakarn Cho Azuma Hiroyasu Satoh Yumi Moriwake Ranida Chomsung Takeshi Minami |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, 634-8521 Nara, Japan;(2) Department of Pharmacology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, 634-8521 Nara, Japan;(3) Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 50200 Chiang Mai, Thailand;(4) Laboratory of Environmental Biology, Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, 577-8502 Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | To elucidate whether the extent of element accumulation in the arteries and cardiac valves with aging was different between
different races, the authors investigated the accumulation of elements in the arteries and cardiac valves of the Thai with
aging and the relationships among elements in the cardiac valves. After ordinary dissection at Chiang Mai University was finished,
16 arteries and 4 cardiac valves were resected and element contents were determined by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry.
In the 16 arteries, the average content of calcium was the highest in the site of the abdominal aorta ramifying into the common
iliac arteries, and it decreased in the order internal iliac, coronary, abdominal aorta, common iliac, external iliac, superior
mesenteric, inferior mesenteric, thoracic aorta, brachial, radial, common carotid, subclavian, ulnar, axillary, renal, and
internal thoracic arteries. The average contents of phosphorus and magnesium in respective arteries were parallel with the
average contents of calcium, except for the coronary artery. In comparison with the arteries of the Japanese, the trend of
calcium accumulation in the arteries of the Thai was almost similar to that in the arteries of the Japanese, except for the
coronary artery and thoracic aorta. The calcium accumulation in the coronary artery was much higher in the Thai than in the
Japanese, whereas that in the thoracic aorta was lower in the Thai than in the Japanese.
Regarding elements in the cardiac valves, the calcium content increased remarkably in the seventies in the aortic valve and
in the nineties in the pulmonary valve, but it hardly increased in both the mitral and tricuspid valves with aging. The average
content of calcium was the highest in the aortic valve, and it decreased in the order pulmonary, tricuspid, and mitral valves.
Regarding the relationship among elements in the aortic valves, it was found that there were extremely significant direct
correlations among the contents of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium, whereas there were significant direct correlations
between zinc and either calcium or phosphorus contents. Although significant correlations were found between sulfur and the
other element contents in the aortic valves of the Japanese, no significant correlations were found between them in the aortic
valves of the Thai. In the mitral valves, extremely or very significant direct correlations were found among the contents
of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sulfur, with some exceptions that there were no significant correlations between phosphorus
and either magnesium or sulfur contents.
In addition, no significant correlation was found in the calcium content between the aortic valve and coronary artery in the
same individuals. |
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Keywords: | Artery cardiac valve aortic valve mitral valve calcium phosphorus aging |
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