Achilles tendon sourcing heart disease? The expert recommended this check-up after the Achilles tendon was found to thicken.

(Health Times reporter Stept intern reporter Kong Tianqiu) Recently, the University of Northry University school of medicine in Japan cardiologists at the American Heart Association Science and Technology Conference presented a study showing that the thickness of the Achilles tendon is coronary heart disease patients disease severity and the likelihood of heart attack an important indicator.
the researchers selected 241 patients who had undergone stent surgery to examine the relationship between the severity of coronary artery disease and the thickness of its Achilles tendon. It was found that about 80 percent of patients with a tendon thickness of more than 9 mm had more than one heart artery blockage. In patients with a tendon thickness of less than 9 mm, the proportion of more than one heart artery blocked was 58%. This, the researchers believe, means patients with thick Achilles tendons are at higher risk of heart attack.screenshot on the American Heart Association's official website
How does the thickness of the Achilles tendon affect heart disease? Can the thickness of the Achilles tendon be used to detect a heart attack?
the longest and strongest tendons in the body
" the Achilles tendon is the longest and strongest tendon in the body, connecting the calf muscles and heel bones. Xia Shijun, a doctor at the Cardiology Center at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, said, "Patients with high cholesterol may have varying degrees of tendon thickening." Cholesterol is deposited in the Achilles tendon tissue through blood circulation, and when deposited in large quantities, thickening, deformation, and even yellow tumors of the Achilles tendon (yellow plaques formed by cholesterol-rich fat build-up) can be observed under X-ray or ultrasound.
a high risk of heart disease in the Achilles tendon?"This study by the University of North ari Medical School in Japan included patients who already had coronary heart disease, did not observe patients with thickening of the Achilles tendon due to other causes, and the small number of patients (especially the number of patients with thickening of the Achilles tendon) could not prove a causal relationship between the thickening of the Achilles tendon and the risk of coronary heart disease," explained Ma Changsheng, director of the Center for Cardiology at Anzhen Hospital in Beijing,
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the Achilles tendon thickness to check cholesterol, blood lipid
Ma Changsheng believes that the clinical application value of Achilles tendon thickness detection in cardiovascular disease prevention and control has yet to be further clinical research, for imaging examination of patients who accidentally found that the Achilles tendon thickening, after the elimination of inflammation, sports injury and other causes, can improve blood lipid-related examination. Close relatives who have been explicitly diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia can be screened for Tendon thickness.Wang Fang, director of cardiology at the beijing hospital
, said, "It is now very clear that cholesterol is the material basis for the formation of arterial plaques, without cholesterol there is no atherosclerosis." If the body's blood lipids (mainly low-density lipoprotein) increase, can gradually build up in the tube wall lipids to form plaques, resulting in vascular stenosis or even closure. Patients due to vascular stenosis will cause chest tightness, panic, etc. , serious will appear myocardial infarction.
if the Achilles tendon is thick, it is an important manifestation of familial hypercholesterolemia, indicating lipid deposits in the body. Wang Fang recommends checking cholesterol ( one of the main components of blood lipids) first. Try to eat less foods rich in cholesterol and fatty acids, eat more fruits and vegetables, exercise more, eat high-fiber food, eat more soy products, and under the guidance of doctors, take fat-lowering drugs as soon as possible.
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