Relationship between blood pressure indices and severity of coronary atherosclerosis | ||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 4, Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 29-37 PDF (530.15 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.11362.1180 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salwa Mohammed Ghoniem1; hanan Ibrahim radwan2; hisham mohamed amin naas* 3 | ||
| 1cardiology department, faculty of medicine, zagazig university, Zagazig, Eygpt | ||
| 2cardiology department, faculty of medicine, zagazig university, Sharqia, Eygpt | ||
| 3cardiology department, medical faculty, Zagazig university, Sharqia, Eygpt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: Blood pressure assessment is important for the evaluation of cardio-vascular disease and can be measured both invasively and noninvasively. Conventional noninvasive brachial blood pressure measurement has its own limitations. Objective: To assess the relation between blood pressure indices and atherosclerotic burden in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease. Methods: A Cross sectional study was conducted at Cardiology Department of the Zagazig University Hospitals during the period from April 2018 to October 2018, This study included 90 consecutive stable patients with evidence of obstructive CAD as detected by elective coronary angiography. Patients were divided into 2 groups due to SYNTAX scores. Group I : >22 SYNTAX score, Group II : | ||
| Keywords | ||
| blood pressure; coronary atherosclerosis; Fractional Diastolic Pressure; Blood Pressure indices | ||
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