Abstract #2481
Influence of Uterine Artery Blood Flow and Abdominal Aortic Hemodynamics: Implications for Sex Dependent AAA development
Elizabeth Iffrig 1 , Pardeep Mittal 2 , Gail Peters 2 , John Oshinski 1,2 , and William Robert Taylor 1,3
1
Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States,
2
Radiology,
Emory University, Georgia, United States,
3
Cardiology,
Emory University, Georgia, United States
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the influence
of uterine artery blood flow on aortic oscillatory
hemodynamics and whether this can explain differences
observed in this region between men and women. To
accomplish this we recruited 10 patients who were
undergoing evaluation for interventional therapy to
treat uterine fibroids. We calculated flow through the
abdominal aorta and iliac arteries and compared the
results to 7 healthy women and 11 healthy men. We found
significant differences between all groups suggesting
that uterine artery blood flow plays a significant role
in the differences in aortic hemodynamics between men
and women.
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