Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans of the Lower Extremities or Aortic Aneurysm

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 31; no. 8; pp. 994 - 997
• Main Authors: AOSHIMA, Shigeyuki, BANG, Hong Rong, MASUDA, Naomichi, TAWARAHARA, Kei, TAGUCHI, Takahisa, TERADA, Hajime, KANEKO, Masanori, KURATA, Chinori, KOBAYASHI, Akira, YAMAZAKI, Noboru, HACHIYA, Takashi, KOYANO, Kenichi, SAKAGUCHI, Shukichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 1992
• Subjects: Aged; angina pectoris; Angiography; Aortic Aneurysm - complications; Arteriosclerosis Obliterans - complications; coronary angiogram; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Coronary Artery Disease - etiology; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Japan; Male; Middle Aged; myocardial infarction; Risk Factors; risk factors for arteriosclerosis; silent angina pectoris; Stroke Volume; Japan
• ISSN: 0918-2918; 1349-7235
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.994

Routine coronary angiography was performed in order to determine the incidence and clinical condition of coronary artery disease in 37 patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans or aortic aneurysm. Coronary angiography demonstrated significant stenosis in 12 (57%) of 21 patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans and in 7 (44%) of 16 patients with aortic aneurysm. The prevalence of risk factors for arteriosclerosis was similar for patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans and those with aortic aneurysm, and similar for patients with and without coronary artery stenosis. But coronary artery disease is often silent in patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans. (Internal Medicine 31 :994−997, 1992)