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Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery

Volume  6, Issue 2, April – June 2020, Pages 121-125
 

Original Article

Prevalence and Predictors of Coronary slow Flow in Patients with Angina and Normal Epicardial coronaries on Invasive Angiography amongst Asian Indians: Papyrus Study

Abhimanyu Kothari, Kamal Sharma, Sharad Jain, Sanjeev Bhatia, Vishal Sharma, Benny Panakkal, Krutika Patel

1 Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospital, Gujarat, Ahmedabad 380052, 2 Associate Professor, 3 Professor, 4,5,6 Assistant Professor, 7 Research Fellow, Department of Cardiology, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center (Affiliated to BJ Medical College), Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad 380016, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jcms.2454.7123.6220.5

Abstract

Background: The Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon (CSFP) is sometimes seen amongst patients presenting with ACS, in particular unstable angina and rarely with Normal Epicardial Coronaries (NECA). The study attempts to identify predictors of CSFP in patients with classical angina and normal epicardial coronaries in Asian Indians. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective, open label, observational study of 3000 consecutive patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography that was carried out a tertiary level cardiac care center between August 2016 to December 2018. After identifying the prevalence of CSFP using the corrected TFC method in allcomers, equal numbers of controls were analyzed for detailed evaluation for traditional risk factors, history, clinical examination, and laboratory investigation. Results: CSFP was more prevalent in men than in women (P=0.007). Histories of smoking and hypertension were more prevalent in CSFP patients than in NECA patients statistically significant (50% vs 20%; p 0.02) and (66.7% vs 33.3%, P 0.009) with Odds Ratio (OR) of 4(95% CI 1.27 to 12.58; P 0.02) for smoking and 4(95% CI 1.37 to 11.7; P0.01) for hypertension. Presence of LV dysfunction (16.7% versus 10%, P 0.45) with OR 0.56(95% CI 0.12 to 2.57; P 0.45), high level of hemoglobin in CSFP group (14.17±1.45 vs 11.95±1.38 mg/dl; p <0.0001), high level of LDL-c (153.77±13.02 vs 92.37±11.45 mg/dl; p <0.0001) and low HDL-C (33.93±6.71 vs 55.60±5.78mg/dl; p <0.0001) were also independent predictors of CSFP. Amongst single vessel CSFP, LAD was most common vessel (40.4%). Conclusion: Prevalence of CSFP amongst Asian Indians is 1%. High LDL-c, Low HDL-c level, Smoking, elevated hemoglobin and Hypertension are independent predictors of CSFP.


 


Keywords : Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon; Risk factors.
Corresponding Author : Kamal Sharma