Clinical Study
The Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Interleukin-6 in Patients with Isolated Coronary Artery Ectasia
Table 1
Clinical and coronary angiographic characteristics of patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia and controls.
| | CAE () | Controls () | |
| | Age (meanSD) | | | .05 | | Sex | 28/8 | 25/7 | .05 | | Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | | | .05 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | | | .05 | | Diabetes | 21 | 26 | .05 | | 18 | 13 | .05 | | Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | .05 | | HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL | | | .05 | | LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | .05 | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | | .05 | | 17 | 12 | .05 | | 25 | 24 | .05 | | 33 (92 %) | 28 (87 %) | .05 | | 16 (44 %) | 12 (38 %) | .05 | | 28 (77 %) | 24 (75 %) | .05 | | Angiographic findings of ectasias | | | | | Distribution of ectasia | | | | | LAD | 20 (56 %) | — | — | | LCx | 24 (66 %) | — | — | | RCA | 15 (42 %) | — | — | | Number of involved vessels | | — | — | | One-vessel | 14 (38 %) | — | — | | Two-vessel | 17 (47 %) | — | — | | Three-vessel | 4 (11 %) | — | — |
| | Number of ectasic segments (mean SD) | () | — | — |
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CAE: coronary artery ectasia; LAD: left anterior descending artery; LCx: left circumflex artery; RCA: right coronary artery; square.
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