?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Atherosclerosis+of+Coronary+Arteries+as+Predisposing+Factor+in+Myocardial+Infarction%3A+An+Autopsy+Study.&rft.creator=GA%2C+Dhruva&rft.creator=Agravat%2C+AH&rft.creator=Sanghvi%2C+HK&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+incidence+of+coronary+heart+disease+has+markedly+increased+in+India+over+the+past+few+years.+Ischemic+heart+disease%2C+the+largest+cause+of+morbidity+and+mortality+in+the+developed+and+developing+countries+today+is+overwhelmingly+contributed+by+atherosclerosis.+The+study+highlights+the+impact+of+atherosclerotic+lesions+in+the+population+of+Rajkot+district.+We+studied+atherosclerotic+lesions+in+coronary+arteries+in+cases+subjected+to+autopsy+in+last+4+years%2C+to+grade+and+to+evaluate+the+atheromatous+plaques%3B+and+to+assess+the+cases+of+myocardial+infarction+amongst+them.+The+study+comprises+dissected+specimens+of+heart+in+total+360+cases+subjected+for+autopsy.+The+vessels+were+examined+for+the+presence+of+atherosclerotic+lesions+which+were+graded+according+to+American+Heart+Association+and+examined+for+evidence+of+myocardial+infarction.+The+study+comprises+the+cases+in+age+group+between+20+to+80+years.+Commonest+type+of+atherosclerosis+seen+was+grade-4.+Left+Anterior+Descending+Coronary+was+most+commonly+involved+artery.+Myocardial+infarction+was+the+cause+of+death+in+35+cases+(9.72%25)+The+data+obtained+may+form+a+baseline+for+the+forthcoming+studies.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-10-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8911%2F1%2F2012-3-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++GA%2C+Dhruva+and+Agravat%2C+AH+and+Sanghvi%2C+HK++(2012)+Atherosclerosis+of+Coronary+Arteries+as+Predisposing+Factor+in+Myocardial+Infarction%3A+An+Autopsy+Study.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8911%2F