Aortic Atherosclerosis Predicts the Extent and Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis Detected by Multidetector Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

Author:

Yorgun Hikmet1,Hazırolan Tuncay2,Kaya Ergün Barış3,Canpolat Uğur3,Sunman Hamza3,Ertuğrul Özgür2,Ateş Ahmet Hakan3,Aksoy Hakan3,Aytemir Kudret3,Tokgözoğlu Lale3,Kabakçı Giray3,Oto Ali3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey,

2. Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

3. Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

We investigated the association between atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta and the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis detected by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography. In 122 patients, atherosclerotic plaque was scored from 0 to 4 points by the percentage of the luminal surface at the cross-sectional area of proximal, mid, and distal segments of the descending aorta. Critical coronary atherosclerosis was defined as lesions causing >50% luminal narrowing. Atherosclerotic plaque score of the descending aorta was associated with the severity (noncritical: 2.95 ± 1.45 vs critical: 4.09 ± 2.25, P < .001) and extent of coronary atherosclerosis (Kruskal-Wallis test, P < .005). Logistic regression revealed that aortic plaque score was as an independent risk factor associated with the severity of coronary artery disease (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.01-1.73, P <.05). Atherosclerotic plaque burden of the descending aorta was associated with the extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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