Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Prevalence and Correlates of Coronary Vasomotion Disorders

• Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions Vol. 12; no. 12; p. e008126
• Main Authors: Ford, Thomas J., Yii, Eric, Sidik, Novalia, Good, Richard, Rocchiccioli, Paul, McEntegart, Margaret, Watkins, Stuart, Eteiba, Hany, Shaukat, Aadil, Lindsay, Mitchell, Robertson, Keith, Hood, Stuart, McGeoch, Ross, McDade, Robert, McCartney, Peter, Corcoran, David, Collison, Damien, Rush, Christopher, Stanley, Bethany, McConnachie, Alex, Sattar, Naveed, Touyz, Rhian M., Oldroyd, Keith G., Berry, Colin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Heart Association, Inc 01.12.2019; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Acetylcholine - administration & dosage; Adenosine - administration & dosage; Aged; Coronary Circulation; Coronary Vasospasm - diagnosis; Coronary Vasospasm - epidemiology; Coronary Vasospasm - physiopathology; Female; Heart Function Tests; Humans; Hyperemia - physiopathology; Male; Microcirculation; Microvascular Angina - diagnosis; Microvascular Angina - epidemiology; Microvascular Angina - physiopathology; Middle Aged; Original; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Scotland - epidemiology; Thermodilution; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents - administration & dosage; Vasodilator Agents - administration & dosage; Scotland; prevalence; dyspnea; angina pectoris; quality of life; microvascular angina

BACKGROUND:Determine the prevalence and correlates of microvascular and vasospastic angina in patients with symptoms and signs of ischemia but no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA). METHODS:Three hundred ninety-one patients with angina were enrolled at 2 regional centers over 12 months from...