Atherogenic anatomical patterns of coronary arteries branching related to cardiac and non-cardiac causes of death.
A gross and light microscopic study carried out on 102 selected male subjects aged 51-70 who died of ischemic heart disease and on 102 selected, male subjects of similar age, who died of noncardiac causes revealed that: in subjects who died of ischemic heart disease the prevalence of atherogenic deviations from the common type of distribution of the coronary arteries was 2-4 times greater than in subjects who died of non-cardiac causes; subjects who died of ischemic heart disease, with the atherogenic deviations from the common tape of distribution of the coronary arteries showed an increased number of stenotic atherosclerotic plaques and a particular propensity to "clustering" of these lesions, predominantly around branch mouths.
D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology