Nghiên cứu mối liên quan giữa độ dạy lớp nội trung mạc động mạch cảnh với một số yếu tố nguy cơ tim mạch ở người cao tuổi

Background: Old age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, smoking are factors that cause Hatherosclerosis. These factors are related to the high desert thickness internal carotid artery are independent risk factors predicting cardiovascular events Purpose: Understanding the relationship between some cardiovascular risk factors with intima-media thickness carotid artery in the elderly. Subjects and Method: Survey 90 patients examined and treated at No.108 Hospital from January 7/2007- 4/2008, including 52 males and 38 females; the mean age (68.3 + or - 8.3), range: 60-82 years. Research Methodology: prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional. Patients received clinical examination, blood tests, ECG. Using the method of B-mode ultrasonic measuring internal carotid artery high desert. Statistics are processed on SPSS 15.0 software Conclusion: The high desert inner layer thickness and thickness ratio on the content and opening kinhlong common carotid artery in elderly patients with hypertension, dyslipidemia, overweight, smoking is higher than patients with no risk factors (p 0.05).