1988 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 29-32
The coronary risk factors and the severity of the coronary atherosclerosis were analyzed in 244 consecutive male patients who underwent coronary angiography. The patients consisted of 82 with acute myocardial infarction with prior angina pectoris (Group I), 73 with acute myocardial infarction without prior angina pectoris (Group II) and 89 with angina pectoris without myocardial infarction (Group III). As compared with Group I, Group II and Group III contained significantly greater numbers of young patients less than age 50, while the incidences of smokers and zero or single vessel disease were significantly greater in Group II and III than Group I.
On the other hand, no significant differences were observed among the 3 groups in serum total cholesterol, serum HDL-cholesterol and serum triglyceride. A significant positive correlation between serum total cholesterol and the severity of the coronary atherosclerosis was demonstrated only in Groups I and III.
