Evaluation of plasma levels of homocysteine in patients of coronary artery disease in various age groups

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial Derived Relaxation Factor; Homocysteine Levels; Multifactorial INTRODUCTION Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a series of clinical syndrome caused by atherosclerotic lesions in the coronary arteries, leading to cardiovascular stenosis, myocardial hypoxia, ischemia, and necrosis. Poor diet, age, gender, smoking, inadequate exercise, alcohol, blood pressure, overweight, obesity, diabetes mellitus, family history, etc., contribute to etiology of CAD. Exclusion Criteria The following criteria were excluded from the study: * Patient who were more than 80 years and