This coronary angiography showed 80% stenosis on p-LCX coronary artery, 50% stenosis on m-RCA. It was checked on the first postoperative day. Black arrows indicate stenotic lesions of p-LCX coronary artery and m-RCA. p-LCX: proximal left circumflex, m-RCA: middle right coronary artery. Cardiac arrest in the elderly with silent myocardial ischemia during general anesthesia.
Kim SY, Park WY, Ghil JS, Choi JC - Korean journal of anesthesiology (2013). Not Altered. CC.
Effects of aging on the heart are:
- Epicardial fat increases
- Basophilic degeneration
- Sigmoid septum
- Mitral annulus calcification
- Aortic valve calcification
- Prolapsing myxomatous mitral valve
- Lambl excrescences