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A study of cardiovascular risk factors associated with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta detected by transesophageal echocardiography in Vietnam

Médecine tropicale, 2007-12, Vol.67 (6), p.573-578

ISSN: 0025-682X ;PMID: 18300518

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Title:
A study of cardiovascular risk factors associated with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta detected by transesophageal echocardiography in Vietnam
Author: Nguyen Duc, H ; Paule, P ; Pham Nguyen, S ; Michel, R ; Vu Dien, B ; Fourcade, L
Subjects: Adult ; Aged ; Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging ; Atherosclerosis - diagnostic imaging ; Atherosclerosis - epidemiology ; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology ; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension - epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Sex Factors ; Smoking - epidemiology ; Vietnam - epidemiology
Is Part Of: Médecine tropicale, 2007-12, Vol.67 (6), p.573-578
Description: This study was designed to assess the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and the presence of atherosclerosis aortic lesions detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), The purpose was to determine if risk factors observed in Vietnam are similar to those detected in industrial countries. Between 2000 and 2002, TEE was performed in a total of 181 patients with a mean age of 63.1 +/- 9.4 (range, 42 to 79). In male patients over the age of 60 years, smoking, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia were associated with significantly greater thickness of the intima and significantly higher number of complex lesions at all levels of thoracic aorta. Presence of these risk factors was associated with a 4.2 to 7.9 fold higher likelihood of atherosclerotic plaque. Findings in our population of hospital patients in Vietnam indicate that, as in Western populations, age, male gender, smoking, arterial hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia promote the appearance of plaques in the thoracic aorta. This study provides insight into the cardiovascular risk situation in a city in Southeastern Asia.
Publisher: France
Language: French
Identifier: ISSN: 0025-682X
PMID: 18300518
Source: Gallica Periodicals
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A study of cardiovascular risk factors associated with atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta detected by transesophageal echocardiography in Vietnam

ISSN: 0025-682X ;PMID: 18300518

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