Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis

OBJECTIVE: The impact of coronary tortuosity on coronary atherosclerosis remains unclear. This study was performed to determine to the relationship between coronary tortuosity and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS: Tortuosity and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis in the main c...

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Autores principales: Li, Yang, Feng, Yi, Ma, Genshan, Shen, Chengxing, Liu, Naifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Clinical Research Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30304979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060518804723
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author Li, Yang
Feng, Yi
Ma, Genshan
Shen, Chengxing
Liu, Naifeng
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Feng, Yi
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Liu, Naifeng
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description OBJECTIVE: The impact of coronary tortuosity on coronary atherosclerosis remains unclear. This study was performed to determine to the relationship between coronary tortuosity and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS: Tortuosity and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis in the main coronary arteries were evaluated. The coronary artery was divided into non-tortuous and tortuous segments. The incidence of coronary atherosclerosis between the two segments was compared. RESULTS: The prevalence of coronary atherosclerotic stenosis was significantly lower in the tortuous than non-tortuous segment. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of coronary atherosclerotic stenosis is lower in the coronary tortuous than non-tortuous segment, indicating that coronary tortuosity might be considered a protective factor for atherosclerosis.
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spelling pubmed-63009772019-01-11 Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis Li, Yang Feng, Yi Ma, Genshan Shen, Chengxing Liu, Naifeng J Int Med Res Clinical Research Reports OBJECTIVE: The impact of coronary tortuosity on coronary atherosclerosis remains unclear. This study was performed to determine to the relationship between coronary tortuosity and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS: Tortuosity and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis in the main coronary arteries were evaluated. The coronary artery was divided into non-tortuous and tortuous segments. The incidence of coronary atherosclerosis between the two segments was compared. RESULTS: The prevalence of coronary atherosclerotic stenosis was significantly lower in the tortuous than non-tortuous segment. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of coronary atherosclerotic stenosis is lower in the coronary tortuous than non-tortuous segment, indicating that coronary tortuosity might be considered a protective factor for atherosclerosis. SAGE Publications 2018-10-10 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6300977/ /pubmed/30304979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060518804723 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Li, Yang
Feng, Yi
Ma, Genshan
Shen, Chengxing
Liu, Naifeng
Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
title Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
title_full Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
title_fullStr Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
title_short Coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
title_sort coronary tortuosity is negatively correlated with coronary atherosclerosis
topic Clinical Research Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30304979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060518804723
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