The Cardiology
ISSN: Online 1993-6117ISSN: Print 1811-8194
Abstract
Coronary heart disease is one of the common diseases and causes of many deaths in the world. Hence, recognizing the risk factors involved in development of this disease and its prevention as well as fast and timely diagnosis prevent many deaths in the world. An important practice is preventing cardiovascular diseases by recognizing the factors associated with them and reducing the burden of disease by identifying diseases associated with coronary artery disease. In this regard, biliary diseases are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Thus, given the importance of this issue, this research was conducted to evaluate the presence of gallstones in patients with coronary artery stenosis compared to non-coronary artery stenosis in Bu Ali Hospital during 2015-2016. In this observational and descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, 83 patients undergoing angiography in Bu Ali Hospital during 2015-2016 were examined. The patients with coronary artery stenosis were compared with the patients without coronary artery stenosis in terms of presence or absence of stones and gallbladder inflammation through sonography. The results revealed that 70 patients (84.3%) had coronary artery stenosis. Gallstone in ultrasound was observed in 23 patients (27.7%). Gallstone in ultrasound was seen in 20 patients (28.6%) in coronary artery stenosis group and 3 patients (23.1%) in non-coronary artery stenosis which showed no significant difference (p>0.05). Based on the results, it is concluded that the presence of gallstone in patients with coronary artery stenosis is not significantly different from that in patients without coronary artery stenosis.
How to cite this article:
Mehrnoosh Boroomandpoor and Nika Hajatpour. Examining the Gallstone Existence in Patients with Coronary Artery
Stenosis Compared to Non-Coronary Artery Stenosis.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/tcard.2019.1.6
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1811-8194/tcard.2019.1.6