Why the study?
Is skin capillary density reduced in patients with anginal chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms compared to healthy controls?
Population
49 patients with typical anginal chest pain, positive exercise testing and normal coronary arteriograms, as…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate systemic microvascular rarefaction in angina with normal coronaries; leaves open causal role and therapeutic targeting.
Is skin capillary density reduced in patients with anginal chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms compared to healthy controls?
Patients with anginal chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms exhibit systemic microvascular structural abnormalities, as evidenced by significant skin capillary rarefaction.
Tarek Antonios (2001) studied this question.
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