Clinical and angiographic characteristics of premenopausal women with coronary artery disease  

作　　者：DOU Ke-fei XU Bo YANG Yue-jin Lü Rong QIU Hong YANG Wei-xian MU Zhao-wei GAO Run-lin GAO Zhan CHEN Ji-lin QIAO Shu-bin LI Jian-jun QIN Xue-wen LIU Hai-bo WU Yong-jian CHEN Jue YAO Min YOU Shi-jie YUAN Jin-qing DAI Jun 

机构地区：[1]Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2008年第23期2392-2396,共5页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Background Coronary artery disease （CAD） is generally considered as a disease of middle-aged men. It is widely accepted that the risk for CAD of premenopausal women is low because of hormone protection. Based on our clinical experience, more and more premenopausal women suffer from angina and myocardial infarction without adequate concern. Even now, there are still limited detailed data to describe the characteristics, mechanism and prognosis of premenopausal CAD patients. This article aimed to analyze the clinical and angiographic characteristics of premenopausal women with CAD. Methods A total of 565 premenopausal women and 721 postmenopausal women （56-60 years old） who underwent coronary angiography for the first time from April 2004 to December 2007 were enrolled. The clinical data and coronary angiographic characteristics （presence, localization, length and severity） were compared between the premenopausal and postmenopausal CAD groups. Results Premenopausal CAD patients presented less frequently with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia compared with postmenopausal CAD patients （55.0% vs 66.0%, 15.0% vs 31.5%, 23.9% vs 37.4%, respectively; all P 〈0.05）. Although we found more frequent involvement of single vessel in premenopausal CAD （43.2% vs 26.9%, P=0）, and triple vessels in postmenopausal （56-60 years old） CAD patients （33.8% vs 20.4%, P=0）, much more severe lesions （z90%） at left main （2.9% vs 1.1%, P=0.048） and proximal left anterior descending artery （LAD） （28.2% vs 16.6%, P=0） in the premenopausal CAD group were found. Conclusion Premenopausal women with chest discomfort are always found to have obvious atherosclerosis, more .inclined to be located at the left main and proximal LAD, which is a strong predictor of an adverse clinical outcome.Background Coronary artery disease （CAD） is generally considered as a disease of middle-aged men. It is widely accepted that the risk for CAD of premenopausal women is low because of hormone protection. Based on our clinical experience, more and more premenopausal women suffer from angina and myocardial infarction without adequate concern. Even now, there are still limited detailed data to describe the characteristics, mechanism and prognosis of premenopausal CAD patients. This article aimed to analyze the clinical and angiographic characteristics of premenopausal women with CAD. Methods A total of 565 premenopausal women and 721 postmenopausal women （56-60 years old） who underwent coronary angiography for the first time from April 2004 to December 2007 were enrolled. The clinical data and coronary angiographic characteristics （presence, localization, length and severity） were compared between the premenopausal and postmenopausal CAD groups. Results Premenopausal CAD patients presented less frequently with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia compared with postmenopausal CAD patients （55.0% vs 66.0%, 15.0% vs 31.5%, 23.9% vs 37.4%, respectively; all P 〈0.05）. Although we found more frequent involvement of single vessel in premenopausal CAD （43.2% vs 26.9%, P=0）, and triple vessels in postmenopausal （56-60 years old） CAD patients （33.8% vs 20.4%, P=0）, much more severe lesions （z90%） at left main （2.9% vs 1.1%, P=0.048） and proximal left anterior descending artery （LAD） （28.2% vs 16.6%, P=0） in the premenopausal CAD group were found. Conclusion Premenopausal women with chest discomfort are always found to have obvious atherosclerosis, more .inclined to be located at the left main and proximal LAD, which is a strong predictor of an adverse clinical outcome.

关 键 词：coronary artery disease PREMENOPAUSE coronary angiography CHARACTERISTICS 

分 类 号：R541[医药卫生—心血管疾病]