The tone of veins of lower limb in young women with idiopathic hypotension

A comparative analysis of the tone of the common femoral vein (CFV) by ultrasonic scanning between the two groups of women aged 18-33 years. Test group - 72 people with idiopathic arterial hypotension (SBP 61-98 mm Hg) and a control group - 37 people with normal blood pressure (SBP 120-129 mm Hg). Tone was assessed by the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the right vein at rest and after orthostasis. In 86% of young women in both groups we registered decrease of the tone of CFV. The cross-sectional area of СFV in idiopathic arterial hypotension increased by 2.6 times and by 2.0 times in the control group, which indicates a sufficient large veins compliance and reserve capacity. No significant differences in the veins tone have been identified between the control and test groups.

young women, chronic diseases of the veins, idiopathic arterial hypotension