[Coronary artery lesion comparison between Chinese and Australian patients with coronary artery disease].
OBJECTIVE
To compare coronary lesion characteristics by coronary angiography (CAG) between yellows and whites.


METHODS
CAG results of 3021 Chinese patients, defined as yellows, from Nanjing and 3230 Australian patients, defined as whites, from Sydney were analyzed. The coronary artery lesion was evaluated by the number and location of coronary lesion and Gensini scores.


RESULTS
(1) Coronary stenosis was diagnosed in 69.4% Chinese patients and 75.5% in Australians. The involved coronary arteries were left anterior descending branch, right coronary artery, left circumflex branch and left main coronary artery in a descending order in both Chinese and Australians. (2) The incidences of three-vessel disease and left main disease of yellows were significantly lower than that of whites in both male (29.8% vs. 34.0% and 9.6% vs. 14.2%) and female patients (15.8% vs. 26.2% and 4.9% vs. 11.6%) respectively, all P < 0.05. (3) There was an age-dependent Gensini scores increase in both yellows and whites patients and Gensini scores at age 40 and more of whites were significantly higher than those of yellows in comparable age groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The incidences of three-vessel disease and left main disease as well as Gensini score were significantly higher in Australian patients than those of Chinese patients.
Jiang
Shi-Sen
SS
Department of Cardiology, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Nanjing, China. wwwjiangshisen@sina.com
Lü
Lei
L
Juergens
Crag
C
Gong
Jian-Bin
JB
Wang
Li-Jun
LJ
Peng
Yong-Ping
YP
Xu
Dong-Jin
DJ
Huang
Zhe-Yong
ZY
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult