International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
ISSN-L : 1349-2365
Experimental Studies
Frequency and Distribution of Sheet and Nodular Calcification in Coronary Arteries in Japanese Patients
An Autopsy Study
Kenta HashimotoKenichi FujiiRika KawakamiHiroki ShibutaniTakahiro ImanakaKenji KawaiMunemitsu OtagakiShun MorishitaTakato HiroseHiroyuki HaoSeiichi HirotaIchiro Shiojima
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2023 年 64 巻 5 号 p. 894-900

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Whether a nodular calcification (NC), which is the precursor to intracoronary thrombosis, is focally or diffusely distributed in the coronary tree has major implications for ongoing efforts to identify. This study aimed to investigate the frequency and spatial distribution patterns of sheet calcification (SC) and NC in a 3-vessel examination of autopsied human hearts.

A total of 323 coronary artery specimens from 110 cadavers were obtained from autopsy cases. After fixation and decalcification, the coronary artery trees were cut every 5 mm into 4-μm transverse cross-sections for histological assessment. An SC was defined as a plate-like calcification of > 1 quadrant of the vessel or > 3 mm in diameter, and NC as nodular calcium deposits separated by fibrin, and a deposit size > 1 mm in diameter.

Of the 6,306 histological cross-sections, SCs and NCs were identified in 1,627 (26%) and 233 (4%) cross-sections, respectively. SCs and NCs had a similar distribution pattern in all 3 coronary arteries. In the left anterior descending artery (LAD), NCs were predominantly located in the proximal segment: the first 45 mm from the LAD ostium (72%) and the first 60 mm from the LAD ostium (84%), respectively. However, NCs were evenly distributed throughout the length of the coronary artery in the right coronary artery (RCA) and left circumflex artery (LCX).

NCs coexisted with SCs, and tended to cluster in predictable parts within the proximal segments of the LAD, but were evenly distributed throughout the RCA and LCX in coronary arteries from cadavers.

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