Stenotic Lesions and Length of the Left Main Coronary Artery in the Aged

To evaluate lesions of the left main coronary artery in the aged, a pathologic study was performed on a total of 972 consecutive autopsy cases over 60 years of age. The study population consisted of 503 men and 469 women wih an average age at death of 79.0 years. In this study the degree of narrowing and length of the LM were evaluated in all cases and the 141 cases with normal hearts were compared with the 202 cases with myocardial infarction