Abstract

ROOS, B  and  DERMAN, W. Incidental intima-media wall changes in the lower-limb arteries: a case series in habitual distance runners. SA J. Sports Med. [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.1, pp.30-32. ISSN 2078-516X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516x/2016/v28i1a689.

This case series describes the observed presence of echogenic circular "beads" identified by high-resolution ultrasound imaging in the peripheral arterial walls of the lower limbs of three vascularly asymptomatic runners. The aetiology, mechanisms and clinical implications of these observations remain uncertain.

Keywords : ultrasound; calcification; beads; endurance runners; arterial wall.

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