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Disease of Proximal Part of Vertebral Artery in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Christus Singh Thomas, MD

Cardiology Department, Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait; Military Hospital, Kuwait; and Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

Farida Habib, MD, PhD

Military Hospital, Kuwait.

Kiron Varghese, MD

Cardiology Department, Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait; Military Hospital, Kuwait; and Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

Mullaseril Thomas Abraham, MD

Cardiology Department, Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait; Military Hospital, Kuwait; and Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

Nasser Jowhar Hayat, MD, PhD

Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

George Cherian, MD, FRCP

Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.

Recognition of coincidence of cerebral vascular disease is of importance in patients with coronary artery disease. One hundred and seventy-three patients who underwent coronary angiography were also studied by angiography of subclavian arteries and abdominal aorta. The majority of the patients (128/173; 74%) were men. Risk factors of hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia were present in a high percentage of patients. Disease of the proximal part of the vertebral artery was seen in 41.6% (72/173). Presence of vertebral artery disease was significantly correlated with diabetes (p = 0.02), renal artery stenosis (p = 0.003), coronary artery disease (p = 0.05), and iliac artery disease (p = 0.05). The proximal part of the vertebral artery was found to be affected in a high percentage (41.6%) of patients under going coronary angiography.

Angiology, Vol. 54, No. 2, 205-209 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400210
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