The histological analysis of the coronary medial thickness: Implications for percutaneous coronary intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A deeper understanding of coronary medial thickness is important for coronary intervention because media thickness can limit the safety and effectiveness of interventional techniques. However, there is a paucity of detailed data on human coronary medial thickness so far.

Materials and methods

We investigated the thickness of the media by histologic analysis. A total of 230 sections from 10 individuals from the CVPath autopsy registry who died from non-coronary deaths were evaluated. We performed pathological analysis on 13 segments of the following primary vessels from coronary arteries: the left main trunk, proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), mid LAD, distal LAD, proximal left circumflex artery (LCX), mid LCX, distal LCX, proximal right coronary arter

SUBMITTER: Konishi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10065270 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature