The Dominance Pattern of Coronary Artery of Adult Bangladeshi People- A Postmortem Morphological Study.
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2008
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Background: Incidence of the heart disease increases day by day in Bangladesh. Recent advances in
cardiac surgery and the search for new techniques toward investigation of the heart are demanding
a review of the anatomy of the coronary arteries.
Method: The present study was performed on sixty (60) adult postmortem human hearts of
Bangladeshi people. The samples were divided into 3 age groups: Group A (20 to 40 years) consists
of 35 male & 7 female samples, Group B (41 to 60 years) consists of 3 female samples and Group C (61
to 75 years) consists of 7 male samples.
Results: In the present study, dominance pattern of the coronary artery was right for male in-group
A, B, C were 32 (91.4%), 7(87.5%), 6(85.7%), respectively and for female were 6 (85.7%). 3 (100%)
respectively. It was left for male in-group A, B, C were 3 (8.6%), 1 (12.5%), 1(14.3%), respectively and
for female was 1 (14.3%).
Conclusion: The results of the present study can be helpful to the cardiologists and cardiovascular
surgeons in the proper diagnosis and management of the heart diseases.
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Hussain M A, Nahar A, Ara S. The Dominance Pattern of Coronary Artery of Adult Bangladeshi People- A Postmortem Morphological Study. Cardiovascular Journal. 2008; 1(1): 21-25.