TITLE:
The Configuration of the Femoral Arterial Bifurcation’s Influence on Its Atherogenesis
AUTHORS:
Magaye Gaye, Papa Adama Dieng, Ainina Ndiaye, Racky Wade, Sidy Diop, Ndeye Fatou Sow, Papa Amath Diagne, Souleymane Diatta, Salmane Ba, Mourad Boufi, Assane Ndiaye, Amadou Gabriel Ciss, Abdoulaye Ndiaye
KEYWORDS:
Tortuosity, Calcification, Atherosclerosis, Femoral Arterial Bifurcation
JOURNAL NAME:
Forensic Medicine and Anatomy Research,
Vol.8 No.2,
April
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: Several theories point to the influence of the geometry of femoral arterial bifurcation in the formation and evolution of atherosclerosis plaques at the level of common, superficial and deep femoral arteries. The objective of this study is to correlate the degrees of calcifications of the femoral tripod with different morphological parameters, namely conicity, tortuosity, proximal and distal diameters of the arteries and angles between the common femoral artery (CFA) and the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and the profound femoral artery (PFA) and the superficial femoral artery. The results showed that only the tortuosity of the common femoral artery influences the formation of atherosclerosis plaque. These results allow us to predict the degree of calcification of the femoral tripod based on the tortuosity of the common femoral artery.