Clinical usefulness of the angle between left main coronary artery and left anterior descending coronary artery for the evaluation of obstructive coronary artery disease.
Seong Ho MoonJoung Hun ByunJong Woo KimSung Hwan KimKi Nyun KimJae Jun JungDong Hoon KangJun Ho YangJun Young ChoiIn Seok JangHyun Oh ParkChung Eun LeeJong Hwa AhnPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The results of the present study may suggest that a wider LM-LAD angle could be used to identify patients at higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). Thus, close follow-up and preventive management of other risk factors may be needed in such cases.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- pulmonary artery
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- high resolution
- aortic stenosis
- cardiovascular disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- type diabetes
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve