Extent of coronary collateral vessel decrease with advanced age

Balci B., Yilmaz O.

ACTA CARDIOLOGICA, vol.59, no.4, pp.431-434, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.2143/ac.59.4.2005210
  • Journal Name: ACTA CARDIOLOGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.431-434
  • Keywords: advanced age, coronary collateral vessel, coronary artery disease, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, DEPENDENT IMPAIRMENT, ARTERY OCCLUSION, CIRCULATION, DISEASE, HUMANS, TRIAL, THROMBOLYSIS, ISCHEMIA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective - Animal experiments show that angiogenesis, responsible for the development of collaterals, impairs with increasing age. We retrospectively investigated the relationship between the extent of coronary collaterals and age in patients who had total occlusion in at least one of their epicardial coronary arteries.