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:: Volume 23, Issue 1 (Spring 2013) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2013, 23(1): 64-68 Back to browse issues page
Evaluation of association between coronary artery disease and gall stone using findings of biliary tract ultrasonography and exercise test
Maryam Tavakoli1 , Mahdi Latif2 , Mohammad Hossein Jami3 , Nooshin Hatamizadeh4 , Hamid Reza Soltani 5
1- Department of Internal Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran
2- Department of Cardiology, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran
3- General Practitioner, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran
4- Medical Student, Shahid Sadoogi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
5- General Practitioner, Membership of Scientific Society of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran , hrsgmed@yahoo.com
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Background: Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are leading causes of death in developed countries. Also, 10-15% of elderly people of the United State of America have gallstone. These two diseases have similar risk factors, such as obesity, elderliness, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hyper tension. Determining the correlation of coronary artery disease and gallstone is the main Aim of this study.
Materials and methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was done on 130 patients whom were suspected to CAD and have been referred to Shohadaye Kargar Hospital of Yazd echocardiography department. They have been randomly selected and echo test and sonography have been done for all by expert specialists. Data were analyzed by chi-square, Exact Fisher and Mantel-Haenszel tests.
Results: Stress test were negative in 80 (61.53%) and were positive in 50 (38.47%) patients. Of 80 negative stress test subjects, negative gallbladder sonography was observed in 77 (96.25%) patients while in 3 (3.75) patients gallbladder sonography was positive. Among 50 positive stress test patients, 42 (84%) and 8 (16%) patients had negative and positive gallbladder sonography, respectively. There not found statistically significant association between CAD and gallston (p= 0.022).
Conclusion: Patients who had coronary artery disease, compared with healthy individuals, are at increased risk of gallstones. In men older than 50 years suffering from vague upper abdominal pain, Liver and gallbladder sonography ultrasound is recommended for detection of probable biliary stones.
Keywords: Gallstone, Coronary artery disease, Exercise test, Sonography
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Semi-pilot: Survey/Cross Sectional/Descriptive | Subject: Cardiology
Received: 2013/03/16 | Accepted: 2013/05/28 | Published: 2013/05/28
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Tavakoli M, Latif M, Jami M H, Hatamizadeh N, Soltani H R. Evaluation of association between coronary artery disease and gall stone using findings of biliary tract ultrasonography and exercise test. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2013; 23 (1) :64-68
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Volume 23, Issue 1 (Spring 2013) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه علوم پزشکی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد پزشکی تهران Medical Science Journal of Islamic Azad Univesity - Tehran Medical Branch
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