Coronary microvascular dysfunction is associated with poor glycemic control amongst female diabetics with chest pain and non-obstructive coronary artery disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events compared to those without diabetes. The timing, relative to disease onset, and degree of glycemic control that reduces the risk of adverse cardiovascular events remains uncertain. Coronary microvascular dysfunction is prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and is linked to adverse cardiovascular events. We assessed the association between endothelial-dependent and endothelial-independent coronary microvascular dysfunction and glycemic control in patients presenting with chest pain and nonobstructive coronary disease at angiography.

Methods

Patients presenting with chest pain and found to have non-obstructive CAD (stenosis < 40%) at angiography underwent an

SUBMITTER: Sara JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6393964 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature