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Atherosclerotic Changes in Common Carotid Artery, Common Femoral Artery, and Ascending Aorta/Aortic Arch in Candidates for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ...
MK Tarzamni, N Eshraghi, RF Fouladi... - Angiology, 2012 - Abstract We assessed the association between common carotid and common femoral artery intimamedia thickness (cc IMT and cf IMT, respectively), histopathologic severity of atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta/aortic arch, and the extent of coronary artery ...
We assessed the association between common carotid and common femoral artery intima–media thickness (cc IMT and cf IMT, 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 cc IMT and the number of occluded coronary vessels (P = .41), both the cf IMT and severity of atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta/aortic arch were predictive of more extensive CAD (P = .03 and .01, respectively). Neither the cc IMT nor the cf IMT was correlated with the severity of aortic atherosclerosis (P = .81 and .63, respectively). In conclusion, both cf IMT and atherosclerosis of ascending aorta/aortic arch are independent predictors of CAD extent. However, interrelationships between these 2 variables as well as the cc IMT are complex in CABG candidates.
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