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Determinants of coronary flow reserve in non-diabetic patients with chest pain without myocardial perfusion defects

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  • Helena U Westergren
  • Erik Michaëlsson
  • Juuso I Blomster
  • Tasso Miliotis
  • Sara Svedlund
  • Li-Ming Gan

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Background: Microvascular dysfunction could be responsible for chest pain in patients without myocardial perfusion defects. We evaluated microvascular function using ultrasound-assessed coronary flow reserve (CFR) in patients with chest pain and normal myocardial perfusion scintigram. Secondly, we investigated association between cardiovascular parameters and decreased CFR in a sex specific manner. Methods: A total of 202 (128 women) non-diabetic patients with chest pain and suspected myocardial ischemia, but without myocardial perfusion defects on myocardial perfusion scintigram, were enrolled and underwent CFR examination and blood sampling. All patients were followed-up for cardiovascular events. We used a supervised principal component analysis including 66 variables such as clinical parameters, ongoing medication, coronary artery disease history, lipids, metabolic parameters, inflammatory and other cardiovascular parameters. Results: During a median follow-up time of 5.4 years, 25 cardiovascular events occurred; (men;18, women;7). Average CFR of the study cohort was 2.7±1.2 and 14% showed impaired CFR

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  • Helena U Westergren & Erik Michaëlsson & Juuso I Blomster & Tasso Miliotis & Sara Svedlund & Li-Ming Gan, 2017. "Determinants of coronary flow reserve in non-diabetic patients with chest pain without myocardial perfusion defects," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-16, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0176511
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176511
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