2013.Reference diameters of theabdominal aorta and iliac arteries in the Korean population..pdf

Original Article /10.3349/ymj.208 Yonsei Med J 54(1):48-54, 2013 pISSN: 0513-5796, eISSN: 1976-2437 Reference Diameters of the Abdominal Aorta and Iliac Arteries in the Korean Population 1 2 1 Jin Hyun Joh, Hyung-Joon Ahn, and Ho-Chul Park 1Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul; 2Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. Received: May 15, 2012 Purpose: It is important to know the normal diameter of artery throughout the body Revised: July 1, 2012 so that clinicians are able to determine when an artery becomes aneurysmal. Howev- Accepted: July 4, 2012 er, there are no previous studies on the normal diameter of arteries in the general Ko- Corresponding author: Dr. Jin Hyun Joh, rean population. The purpose of this article is to determine the normal reference di- Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University ameters of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries in the Korean population. Materials Hospital at Gangdong, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, and Methods: We recruited the study population from three cities in Korea for the 892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. We measured the diameter of the aorta Seoul 134-727, Korea. and iliac arteries. We analyzed the reference diameter of the population without Tel: