CORONARY CALCIFICATION - RELATIONSHIP TO CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORONARY LESIONS AND RACE SEX AND TOPOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
CORONARY CALCIFICATION - RELATIONSHIP TO CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORONARY LESIONS AND RACE SEX AND TOPOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.32.6.948
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发表时间:
1965-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
MCGILL, HC
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作者:
EGGEN, DA;STRONG, JP;MCGILL, HC
Measurements of the percent of the surface with calcified lesions have been made for the 3 main coronary arteries from 1242 consecutive necrosies of whites and Negroes between the ages of 30-69 years. Calcified lesions were most prevalent and most extensive in the left anterior descending branch and occurred with greatest frequency at 2 to 3 cm from the orifice. Whites had greater involvement than Negroes and males had greater involvement than females. Prevalence and extent of calcification has been compared in 4 cause of death or disease categories; cases dying of coronary heart disease had greater involvement than the other 3 groups. The prevalence of ischemic myocardial lesions, complicated coronary lesions or stenotic lesions was greater for cases with calcified lesions and this prevalence increases with increase in extent of calcified lesions for the diagnosis of advanced coronary atherosclerosis is greatest for younger individuals.