Evaluation of Measuring Propagation Velocity of the Descending Aorta as Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease

Abstract

Elastic features of the aorta affect the left ventricular function and blood supply from the epicardial arteries. For this reason several criteria are used to check particular characteristics, so that the likelihood of atherosclerosis-induced coronary artery disease, a known risk factor in coronary arthriology, can be calculated. These parameters i