Risk Factors Predisposing to Angina in Patients with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries: A Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT: No hemodynamically significant atherosclerotic plaques are observed in up to 30% of patients reporting angina and undergoing coronary angiography. To investigate risk factors associated with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD), we analyzed the medical records of, consecutively, 136 NOCAD subjects and 128 patients with significant stenosis in at least one coronary artery (the OCAD group). The blood concentrations of the TC (4.40 [3.78-5.63] mmol/L vs. 4.12 [3.42-5.01] mmol/L; p = 0.026), LDL-C (2.32 [1.80-3.50] mmol/L vs. 2.10 [1.50-2.70] mmol/L; p = 0.003), non-HDL-C (2.89 [2.29-4.19] mmol/L vs. 2.66 [2.06-3.39] mmol/L; p = 0.045), as well as the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio (1.75 [1.22-2.60] vs. 1.50 [1.10-1.95]; p = 0.018) were significantly increased in the

SUBMITTER: Wisniewski OW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9318432 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature