CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY TORTUOSITY AND ITS RELATION WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Journal: Preprints.org
Year: 2018

Background: Coronary tortuosity is a common angiographic finding. Scarce data is available on clinical profile of patients with coronary tortuosity (CT) and its relation with coronary artery disease (CAD). Method: A total 224 patients undergoing angiography for suspected CAD were included in the study. CT was defined by the presence of ≥3 consecutive bends of &amp;gt; 45 degree measured at end-diastole in an epicardial artery ≥2 mm in diameter. CT was present in 45(20.08%) patients in the study