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- Title
Aortic Atherosclerosis Predicts the Extent and Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis Detected by Multidetector Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography.
- Authors
Yorgun, Hikmet; Hazirolan, Tuncay; Kaya, Ergün Barış; Canpolat, Uğur; Sunman, Hamza; Ertuğrul, Özgür; Ateş, Ahmet Hakan; Aksoy, Hakan; Aytemir, Kudret; Tokgözoğlu, Lale; Kabakçi, Giray; Oto, Ali
- Abstract
We investigated the association between atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta and the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis detected by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography. In 122 patients, atherosclerotic plaque was scored from 0 to 4 points by the percentage of the luminal surface at the cross-sectional area of proximal, mid, and distal segments of the descending aorta. Critical coronary atherosclerosis was defined as lesions causing >50% luminal narrowing. Atherosclerotic plaque score of the descending aorta was associated with the severity (noncritical: 2.95 ± 1.45 vs critical: 4.09 ± 2.25, P < .001) and extent of coronary atherosclerosis (Kruskal-Wallis test, P < .005). Logistic regression revealed that aortic plaque score was as an independent risk factor associated with the severity of coronary artery disease (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.01-1.73, P <.05). Atherosclerotic plaque burden of the descending aorta was associated with the extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis.
- Subjects
ATHEROSCLEROSIS complications; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; COMPUTER software; CORONARY disease; FISHER exact test; HEART; HEART blood-vessels; HEART radiography; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); TOMOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; CROSS-sectional method; SEVERITY of illness index; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Angiology, 2010, Vol 61, Issue 7, p627
- ISSN
0003-3197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0003319710362976