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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