title: [Computed tomographic angiography for evaluation of the relationship between coronary artery stenosis and head and neck artery stenosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relationship between coronary artery stenosis and internal carotid artery, vertebral and basilar artery stenosis using computed tomographic angiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  The imaging and clinical data of 84 patients who underwent coronary, head and cervical computed tomographic angiography in our hospital between September 2008 and June 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. Segment stenosis scoring was performed to quantify the degree of stenosis of coronary arteries. The relationship between the segment stenosis scoring and the degree of stenosis for internal carotid artery, vertebral and basilar artery was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The coronary segment stenosis scores were significantly correlated with the degree of stenosis for internal carotid artery, vertebral and basilar artery (r=0.450 and 0.475,P<0.05) .
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The degree of the stenosis of coronary artery is associated with the stenosis of internal carotid artery, vertebral and basilar artery, which can be confirmed by computed tomographic angiography."
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, PUMC Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-ning
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lin-yan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Hua-dan
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Suo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Bai-yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Zheng-yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*