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Is moderate to severe COPD associated with impaired coronary blood flow (measured by TIMI frame count) in patients with angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries?
Cross-Sectional (n=124)
2 independent observers blinded to clinical and laboratory data
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Is moderate to severe COPD associated with impaired coronary blood flow (measured by TIMI frame count) in patients with angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries?
Absolute Event Rate: 34% vs 20%
p-value: p=<0.001
Patients with moderate to severe COPD and angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries exhibit significantly slower coronary blood flow (higher TIMI frame counts) that correlates with airflow obstruction severity and systemic inflammation (hsCRP and fibrinogen).
BACKGROUND: In the current study, the effects of moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on coronary blood flow in patients with angiographically proven normal coronary arteries was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 85 patients with moderate to severe COPD and 39 age- and sex-matched control partcipants, who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography and found to have normal epicardial coronary angiogram constituted the COPD and control groups, respectively. The 2 groups were compared for Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame counts in each major coronary artery. The TIMI frame count of the COPD group was significantly higher than that of control group for all 3 major individual coronary arteries: left anterior descending (corrected), 37+/-13 vs 20+/-4; right coronary artery, 32+/-14 vs 21+/-4; and left circumflex artery, 34+/-12 vs 20+/-5, (P<0.001 for all). In addition, TIMI frame counts in individual coronary arteries were found to be positively correlated with forced expiratory volume 1 s percent, serum high sensitive C-reactive protein and fibrinogen concentrations, in the COPD group. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that an increased slow coronary flow might be a manifestation of harmful effects of COPD on the coronary circulation, regardless of the underlying mechanism.
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Selçuk et al. (2010) conducted a cross-sectional in Moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with angiographically normal coronary arteries (n=124). Moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) vs. Age- and sex-matched controls with normal spirometry and normal coronary angiogram was evaluated on Mean Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame count across the 3 major coronary arteries (p=<0.001).
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