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Abstract
Background: Coronary heart disease commonly affects adults in most of the developed region of the globe. It is responsible for an extremly large fraction of hospital admissions among middle aged and elderly, contributing greatly to disability and death 0). Aim: to study the cardiovascular risk factors for coronary artery disease and their association with atherosclerosis in the aortic, carotid and femoral arteries. Also, it aimed to study the use of extra-coronary atherosclerosis for early prediction of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: The study was conducted during the year 2000 in the Cardiology Department at Tanta University Hospital.lt included 103 cases complaining of chest pain and other symptoms related to coronary heart dis-307 ease and were divided into two groups according to examination by coronary angiography. Group 1(58 cases with CAD) and group II {45 control free of CAD). All patients underwent transesophageal echocardi-ography for assessment of aortic atherosclerosis and B-mode ultrasound for evaluation of the carotid and femoral atherosclerosis. Intima media thickness of more than 1 mm was considered a criterion for atherosclerosis. Results: There were significant association between CAD and the atherosclerosis in the three extra-coronary vessels (carotid, aortic & femoral). Some of the cardiovascular risk factors were significantly recorded in subjects with atherosclerosis in the three extra-coronary sites including, old age, male gender, HDL, obesity, DM and triglycerides. A significant as-MANSOURA MEDICAL JOURNAL
Recommended Citation
S. EI-Deen Hammoda, Mohamed; S. Shihab, Nihal; and EI-Deib, Abd Elaziz F.
(2001)
"CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS: RISK FACTORS AND EARLY PREDICTION BY NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES,"
Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 30
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, Article 4.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.2001.127021
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