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- Title
Atherosclerotic Changes in Common Carotid Artery, Common Femoral Artery, and Ascending Aorta/Aortic Arch in Candidates for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
- Authors
Tarzamni, Mohammad Kazem; Eshraghi, Nazanin; Fouladi, Rohollah Fadaei; Afrasiabi, Abbas; Halimi, Monireh; Azarvan, Asad
- Abstract
We assessed the association between common carotid and common femoral artery intima–media thickness (ccIMT and cfIMT, respectively), histopathologic severity of atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta/aortic arch, and the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in 150 candidates for elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). One-, 2-, and 3-vessel diseases were present in 20%, 25.9%, and 54.1%, respectively. Although no significant relationship was present between the ccIMT and the number of occluded coronary vessels (P = .41), both the cfIMT and severity of atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta/aortic arch were predictive of more extensive CAD (P = .03 and .01, respectively). Neither the ccIMT nor the cfIMT was correlated with the severity of aortic atherosclerosis (P = .81 and .63, respectively). In conclusion, both cfIMT and atherosclerosis of ascending aorta/aortic arch are independent predictors of CAD extent. However, interrelationships between these 2 variables as well as the ccIMT are complex in CABG candidates.
- Subjects
CORONARY heart disease surgery; ANALYSIS of variance; AORTA; CAROTID artery; CONFIDENCE intervals; CORONARY artery bypass; FEMORAL artery; FISHER exact test; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Angiology, 2012, Vol 63, Issue 8, p622
- ISSN
0003-3197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0003319711435341