Intimal-medial thickness of the common carotid arteries and lower limbs atherosclerosis in the elderly.

Background: In the present study, the authors consider the possible association between intimal-media thickness of the common carotid arteries and lower limb atherosclerosis, in a group of elderly patients; the authors also consider the presence of cardiovascular risk factors.

Methods: B-mode ultrasound measurement of the intimal-media thickness of the common carotid arteries was performed on 80 subjects. Lower limbs atherosclerosis was defined as the presence of intermittens claudicatio and/or ankle-arm index < 0.

[Stenosis of the internal carotid arteries and cardiovascular risk factors in a group of patients aged 65 years and over].

Background: In the present study, the degree of stenosis of internal carotid arteries and the presence of cardiovascular risk factors are examined.

Methods: Two hundred patients underwent high resolution B-mode echotomography of the carotid arteries; furthermore, the presence of associated cardiovascular risk factors was considered.

Results: Small stenosis (< 16%) were reported in 113 (56.