Combined Color-Doppler Flow and Angio Planewave UltraSensitive™ Imaging for Analysis of Hemodynamic Characteristics of Normal Upper Limb Arteries

Table 5 Comparative analysis of ultrasonic parameters between the upper limb arteries (location for no.179)

Parameters	BA vs. RA		RA vs. SPAA		SPAA vs. PPDA		PPDA vs. FN3AA		BA vs. SPAA		RA vs. PPDA
Parameters	H	P value	H	P value	H	P value	H	P value	H	P value	H	P value
D(mm)	5.996	< 0.001	6.065	< 0.001	5.447	< 0.001	10.976	< 0.001	12.062	< 0.001	11.513	< 0.001
Psv(cm/s)	4.273	< 0.001	3.314	0.001	8.313	< 0.001	9.929	< 0.001	7.586	< 0.001	11.627	< 0.001
Edv(cm/s)	-6.672	< 0.001	-1.613	0.107	5.086	< 0.001	10.488	< 0.001	-8.285	< 0.001	3.472	0.001
RI	6.244	< 0.001	4.418	< 0.001	5.451	< 0.001	9.256	< 0.001	10.662	< 0.001	9.868	< 0.001
PI	5.640	< 0.001	4.462	< 0.001	6.679	< 0.001	9.068	< 0.001	10.095	< 0.001	11.154	< 0.001
S/D	6.052	< 0.001	4.050	< 0.001	5.270	< 0.001	9.674	< 0.001	10.011	< 0.001	9.278	< 0.001
Tamv(cm/s)	-0.759	0.448	-0.873	0.382	6.285	< 0.001	12.290	< 0.001	-1.632	0.103	5.412	< 0.001
Slope(cm/s²)	4.462	< 0.001	3.601	0.005	9.010	< 0.001	10.165	< 0.001	8.064	< 0.001	12.612	< 0.001
Vflow(ml/min)	5.663	< 0.001	5.269	< 0.001	5.965	< 0.001	10.357	< 0.001	10.932	< 0.001	11.234	< 0.001

BA brachial artery; D diameter; EDV end-diastolic velocity; FN3AA third-grade artery arch of fingernail bed; PI pulsatility index; PPDA proper palmar digital artery; PSV peak systolic velocity; RA: radial artery; RI resistance index; Slope: systolic acceleration; S/D ratio of PSV to EDV; SPAA:superficial palmar arch artery; TAMV time-averaged mean velocity; VFlow blood-flow volume

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