Characteristics of coronary lesions on patients with myocardial infarction
- Author:
Tien Hoang Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
myocardial infarction
- MeSH:
Myocardial Infarction;
Coronary Vessels
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):41-45
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study involved 90 patients with MI who received coronary angiography at Heart Institute. It was revealed 195 lesions, in which 168 localised in 3 major coronary arteries. 27 patients have lesions in other arteries, among these, lesions in common trunk of left coronary artery accounted for 4.10%. Among 3 major coronary arteries, lesions in anterior interventricular artery had highest rate (37.44%). 40.66% of patients have lesions in one artery. 59.34% in 2 arteries and 25.28% in 3 arteries. Classifying the lesions by AAC/AHA showed that type B of lesions were 44.37%, type C 35.10%, type A 20.53%. 20% of patients had normal ejection fraction
