Abstract:
Previously, the coronary slow flow (CSF) has been reported to be related to male sex, high BMI, and smoking. However, CSF is a clinical conditionseen in women and no studies have been conducted on this subject. We aimed to investigate predictors of coronary slow flow in female patients.METHODS: A total of 80 female patients, 40 of whom were normal (mean age: 51.9±5.2 years) and 40 with coronary slow flow(mean age: 54.6 ±7.7 years) were selected. TIMI frame counts were calculated, and data on demographics, comorbidities, and medication use were collected. CSF was defined as frame count >27.RESULTS: Percentage of diabetes mellitus (DM) was significantly higher in the CSF group ( 52.5 % vs. 22.5 %; p: 0.005). DM was found to be significant predictor of femalepatients with CSF in the multivariate logistic regression analysis (O.R: 3.44, 95%CI: 1.14–10.36; p: 0.028).DISCUSSION and CONCLUSION: We found that DM was significantly increased and only independent predictor of CSF in female patients with CSF.
