Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Coronary Artery Dimension in Indian population

Dr. S. Bala Vignesh, Dr. G. Ravishankar, Dr. G. Prathap Kumar

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Background: Coronary artery diameter is an important predictor of outcome after coronary interventions.There is very limited data available about coronary artery dimensions in an Indian population. Aim: To study the normal dimensions of the coronary artery segments in Indians without coronary artery disease by using quantitative coronary angiography.Material and method: 100 patients who have undergone coronary angiography with entirely normal coronary angiogram were included in our study.Results: This study showed the left main was larger in size followed by proximal LAD, proximal RCA & proximal LCX respectively (4.08 0.44 mm, 3.27 0.23 mm, 3.20 0.37 mm, 2.97 0.37 mm).When the vessel diameter was indexed to body surface area there was no statistical difference between males and females (p value > 0.05). Caucasians have larger coronary artery dimensions than Indians. But the vessel diameter indexed to body surface area showed no statistical significant difference between Indians and Caucasians (p value > 0.05).Conclusion: We found that coronary artery size indexed to body surface area is not statistically different between Indians and Caucasians. However with a smaller body habitus, Indians have smaller coronary arteries.

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CORONARY ARTERY DIMENSION IN INDIAN POPULATION, Dr.S.Bala Vignesh, Dr.G.Ravishankar, Dr.G.Prathap Kumar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019


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