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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether age influences collateral development in patients with coronary artery disease. The extent of collateral development to the area perfused by the infarct-related artery was graded, depending on the degree of opacification of the occluded infarct-related artery. We evaluated the extent of collateral development using coronary cineangiography in 102 patients with an acutely occluded infarct-related coronary artery within 12 h after the onset of the first acute myocardial infarction, and who had a history of long-standing effort angina. Well-developed collateral circulation was observed in 54 (53%) of the patients. The patients were divided into two groups based on their age. The prevalence of well-developed collateral circulation in the younger group (≤64 years, n = 48) was 69% (33 of 48), being significantly (P = 0.003) higher than 39% (21 of 54) in the older group (≥65 years, n = 54). We conclude that in the presence of stimuli for collateral development i.e., long-standing effort angina accompanied by severe coronary stenosis, the age of patients is a key determinant of collateral development.
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Received: September 30, 2000 / Accepted: January 12, 2001
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Nakae, I., Fujita, M., Miwa, K. et al. Age-dependent impairment of coronary collateral development in humans. Heart Vessels 15, 176–180 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00007269
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00007269