Open AccessCoronary angiography findings in lung injured patients with sulfur mustard compared to a control group
Author(s) -
Reza Karbasi-Afshar,
Ayat Shahmari,
Mahdi Madadi,
Zohreh Poursaleh,
Amin Saburi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.114242
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , coronary artery disease , coronary angiography , angiography , sulfur mustard , artery , cardiology , group b , lung , radiology , myocardial infarction , toxicity , physics , optics
We evaluated the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Sulfur mustard (SM) exposed veterans. We also evaluated the relationship between exposure to SM and angiography findings and compared angiography findings of SM exposed individuals with unexposed ones after two decades from the time of exposure to SM.