Normal values of coronary arteries branching height in women

U.Ye. Pidvalna; D.M. Beshley; M.Z. Mirchuk; L.R. Mateshuk-Vatseba

doi:10.31393/morphology-journal-2021-27(4)-06

U.Ye. Pidvalna Danylo Halytsky National Medical University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-8111
D.M. Beshley Danylo Halytsky National Medical University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4194-517X
M.Z. Mirchuk Danylo Halytsky National Medical University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1253-1776
L.R. Mateshuk-Vatseba Danylo Halytsky National Medical University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3466-5276

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31393/morphology-journal-2021-27(4)-06

Keywords: orifice of the coronary artery, anatomy, computed tomography, aorta, measurements.

Abstract

Morphometric analysis of the structures of the aortic bulb and coronary arteries is necessary for the planning of cardiac surgery and endovascular interventions. The aim of the study was to determine the height of the coronary arteries branching in healthy women of Lviv city and Lviv region and to determine the relationship between the height of the location of the orifice of the coronary artery with anthropometric indicators. Fifteen computed tomography images with contrast of female thorax without heart and ascending aortic lesions (normal) were selected for the study. The height of the upper and lower edges of the coronary arteries was measured; height of Valsalva sinuses. The comparison of the mean values was performed according to the Student’s t-test. The correlation between the observed variables (age, height, body weight, body mass index, body surface area, height of the sinuses of Valsalva) was calculated using the Pearson linear correlation method (r). According to the study, the population group consisted of persons of the second period of adulthood (46.67 %) and the elderly (53.33 %). According to the body mass index, 80 % were overweight or obese I-II degree. The mean height of the coronary artery orifice in women without structural changes of the heart and ascending aorta was: 11.19±1.96 mm for the left and 11.68±1.80 mm for the right. The height of the orifice of the right and left coronary arteries were almost the same, without statistical significance (p=0.26). Analysis of the correlation between the values of the height of the orifice of the coronary artery did not show a probable dependence on height, weight, age, body mass index and body surface area. There is a direct relationship between the parameters of the height of the lower edge of the right coronary artery and the height of the upper edge of the right coronary artery (r=+0.75, p=0.001) and between the value of the lower edge of the left coronary artery and the upper edge of the left coronary artery (r=+0.63, p=0.01). Thus, the analysis of the correlation between the values of the height of the orifice of the coronary artery in women in norm and anthropometric indicators did not show a significant relationship. There was no statistical significance between the indicators of the height of the orifice of the right and left coronary arteries in women.

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