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We histologically examined the coronary arteries of 52 autopsied cases of the youths (3 to 39 years of age, mean 28.5 years) in Kyushu island, Japan, without clinical events of coronary artery diseases. The coronary artery specimens were taken from the proximal portions of the right coronary artery (Seg. 1), the left anterior descending artery (Seg. 6), and the macroscopically most stenotic region (ST). Atherosclerotic lesions were histologically classified into four types: concentric fibrous, eccentric fibrous, concentric lipid rich, or eccentric lipid-rich type. The degrees of stenosis (&lt; 25%, 25-50%, 50 75%, &gt; 75%) were morphometrically evaluated. The majority of coronary arteries with under 50% stenosis were of the concentric fibrous type. Lipid-rich types of coronary atherosclerosis increased in the coronary arteries with over 50% stenosis and were observed in the Seg. 6 and ST, while 70% of Seg. 1 lesions with over 50% stenosis were of a fibrous type. Serum cholesterol levels of patients with a lipid rich type of coronary atherosclerosis were significantly higher than those with a fibrous type. These results suggested that the early stage of coronary atherosclerosis in Japanese youths is mainly of a concentric fibrous type, which later develops to a lipid rich type. Hypercholesterolemia would promote the progression of atherosclerosis.

Coronary Atherosclerosis in Youths in Kyushu Island, Japan : Histological Findings and Stenosis