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Abstract
One hundred and twenty patients who presented to National Heart Institute with angiographically documented coronary artery disease (at least one of the coronary arteries had a significant lesion of 50% stensosis). The patients were divided into two groups.
Group I: Included 53 patients with age of 50 years or less (39.4 ± 10 years). They were 39 males and 14 females.
Group II: Included 67 patients above the age of 50 years (mean 59.8 ± 11) years.
All patients were subjected to full history taking (especially family history and risk factors), full clinical evaluation, coronary angiography lipidprofile and Duplex scanning of the lower extremity and extracranial carotid arteries.
Clinical evaluation revealed:
1-Percentage of risk factors was comparable in both groups except for the family history of premature coronary artery disease and age which were more in the second group. Most of patients in both groups were smokers and had dyslipidemia.
2- There was no significant difference between the percentage of carotid and peripheral arterial disease manifestations in both groups except the carotid bruit that was detected more in the second group.
3- Lipid profile in both groups revealed that triglyceriede level was significantly higher in group I.
4-Abnormal electrocardiogram was detected in most patients of both groups.