• Title of article

    Coronary Artery Diameter as a Risk Factor for Acute Coronary Syndromes in Asian-Indians

  • Author/Authors

    Makaryus، نويسنده , , Amgad N. and Dhama، نويسنده , , Bhupesh and Raince، نويسنده , , Jagdeep and Raince، نويسنده , , Avtar and Garyali، نويسنده , , Samir and Labana، نويسنده , , Subir S. and Kaplan، نويسنده , , Barry M. and Park، نويسنده , , Chong and Jauhar، نويسنده , , Rajiv، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    778
  • To page
    780
  • Abstract
    Asian-Indians have high rates of coronary artery disease (CAD), which also occurs at an earlier age, with 50% of all heart attacks occurring in patients <55 years old and 25% in those <40 years old. Previous studies have cited structural factors in Asian-Indians, specifically smaller coronary arteries, as the cause of increased CAD in this population. We found that Asian-Indian patients have smaller coronary arteries, with a statistically significant difference in the mean diameter even after correction for body surface area.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    1899843