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Abstract
Mitral annular calcification has been related to an increase in cardio-vascular morbidity and mortality.
Many studies were done to find a relation between mitral annular calcification and atherosclerosis.
In many cases mitral annular calcification was also found to be associated with ischemic heart disease.
This study was designed to asses the relation between mitral annular calcification and severe coronary artery disease under the age of 65 years old.
Coronary angiographic findings were compared between
two groups of patients; one group (group I) with mitral
annular calcification (50 subjects) and another group without
mitral annular calcification (group II) (150 subjects). The main age of the study population was 54.41 ±5.65 years (range from 40-64 years ). They were 137 males (68.5%) and 63 females (31.5%).
Obstructive coronary artery disease was significantly prevalent among subjects with mitral annular calcification in comparison with the other group.
Mitral annular calcification was found to be an independent predictor of presence of severe coronary stenosis (> 70% diameter stenosis in at least one major epicardial coronary artery or > 50 % in the left main coronary artery) .
The significant difference between the two groups regarding coronary affection and angiographic findings among such a population could only mean that mitarl annular calcification by itself may serve as an important and specific marker of severe coronary artery disease and may withdraw the attention for possible further investigation of the disease.