A further study on the influence exerted by vascular geometry on coronary atherosclerotic involvement.
A further study was carried out on the relationship between coronary artery geometry and atherosclerotic involvement. The results show that: a) the coronary artery geometry may expose an individual at an early age to an increased risk for developing atherosclerotic lesions; b) the presence, in the coronary arterial bed of vessels with large diameters (greater than 2 mm) and the succession of numerous branching points also appeared as atherogenic conditions; c) the type of atherosclerotic lesion (proliferative, insudative, necrotic, lipid-rich) was, in our material strongly influenced by the geometry of branch sites.
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N. Gh. Lupu Institute of Internal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
Petrescu
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Velican
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors