High accumulation of elements in the human femoral artery |
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Authors: | Setsuko Tohno Yoshiyuki Tohno Takeshi Minami Yuko Okazaki Masako Utsumi Fumio Nishiwaki Yumi Moriwake Takashi Naganuma Masa-oki Yamada Tsutomu Araki |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, 634 Nara;(2) Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, 577 Osaka;(3) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokushima, Jousanzima, 770 Tokushima, Japan |
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Abstract: | The relative contents (RCs) of elements in the femoral arteries as well as the thoracic aorta, coronary, basilar, and radial arteries from 26 subjects within the age range between 55 and 92 yr old, were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. The RCs of calcium and phosphorus in the femoral arteries started to increase before the age of 60 yr. The RCs of magnesium increased after the age of 70 yr. However, the RCs of sulfur did not change significantly within the age range between 55 and 92 yr. With regard to localization of the mineral accumulations in the femoral arterial wall, it was found that the accumulations of calcium and phosphorus occurred only in the tunica media, only in the tunica intima, or in both the tunica media and the tunica intima. The manner of accumulation of calcium and phosphorus in the femoral arterial wall was different from that in the aortic wall. The average RCs of calcium in the 26 specimens were the highest in the femoral artery, followed in descending order by the thoracic aorta, coronary, basilar, and radial arteries. The average RCs of phosphorus were highest in the thoracic aorta, followed by the coronary, femoral, basilar, and radial arteries. It is noted that the accumulation of mineral elements never occurred uniformly in all the arteries. |
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Keywords: | Femoral artery aorta coronary artery cerebral artery radial artery calcium phosphorus aging |
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