Chayakrit Krittanawong, Neelkumar Patel, Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Neil Sagar Maitra, Muzamil Khawaja, Zhen Wang, Mahboob Alam, Jacob Shani, Robert Frankel, Samin Sharma, Hani Jneid
{"title":"Spontaneous coronary artery dissection outcomes among pregnant vs. non-pregnant women.","authors":"Chayakrit Krittanawong, Neelkumar Patel, Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Neil Sagar Maitra, Muzamil Khawaja, Zhen Wang, Mahboob Alam, Jacob Shani, Robert Frankel, Samin Sharma, Hani Jneid","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae042","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has become increasingly recognized. It accounts for <1-4% of acute coronary syndrome presentations. Overall, however, it makes up over 40% of pregnancy-associated myocardial infarction. Furthermore, pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection (P-SCAD) is described to have a greater degree of clinical manifestations, including left ventricular dysfunction, shock, and left main or multivessel involvement. The findings are disconcerting, though many studies evaluating P-SCAD are based on case series data or are single centre studies.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate a larger national dataset to evaluate the outcomes of SCAD and specifically P-SCAD in an attempt to better characterize the severity and clinical nature of this condition. To conduct this study, we analysed the National Readmission Database from January 2016 to December 2020. Propensity matching was done using the Greedy 1:1 method. Multivariate logistics and time-to-event Cox regression analysis models were built by including all confounders significantly associated with the outcome on univariable analysis with a cut-off P-value of 0.2. In multivariate regression analysis, P-SCAD patients had a non-propensity matched odds ratio (OR) of 0.21 (0.3-1.54, P = 0.123) of dying and a propensity matched OR of 0.11 (0.02-0.61, P = 0.012) of dying. Thirty-day readmission rate for P-SCAD was 15.8% (n = 93) and for non-pregnant spontaneous coronary artery dissection (NP-SCAD) was 11.2% (n = 2286); non-propensity matched OR for readmission for PSCAD patients was 1.68 (1.24-2.29, P = 0.001) and propensity matched OR was 3.39 (1.93-5.97, P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Among hospitalized patient, P-SCAD was associated with similar clinical outcomes and reduced incidence of death when compared with NP-SCAD, though had higher rates of 30-day readmission. Larger-scale observational data will be needed to ascertain the true incidence of cardiovascular complications as it relates to P-SCAD.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"423-428"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140859732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gustavo Campos, Susana Costa, David Prieto de la Plaza
{"title":"Answer: Surviving the storm: ventricular fibrillation in the left ventricle assist device era.","authors":"Gustavo Campos, Susana Costa, David Prieto de la Plaza","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae026","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"450-451"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Spagnolo, Giovanni Occhipinti, Claudio Laudani, Antonio Greco, Davide Capodanno
{"title":"Periprocedural myocardial infarction and injury.","authors":"Marco Spagnolo, Giovanni Occhipinti, Claudio Laudani, Antonio Greco, Davide Capodanno","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae014","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) and injury, pertinent to both cardiac and non-cardiac procedures, have gained increasing recognition in clinical practice. Over time, diverse definitions for diagnosing PMI have been developed and validated among patient populations undergoing coronary revascularization. However, this variety in definitions presents considerable challenges in clinical settings and complicates both the design and interpretation of clinical trials. The necessity to accurately diagnose PMI has spurred significant interest in establishing universally accepted and prognostically meaningful thresholds for cardiac biomarkers elevation and supportive ancillary criteria. In fact, elevations in cardiac biomarkers in line with the 4th Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction, have been extensively confirmed to be associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular events. In the context of non-coronary cardiac procedures, such as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, there is a growing acknowledgment of both the high incidence rates and the adverse impact of PMI on patient outcomes. Similarly, emerging research underscores the significance of PMI and injury in non-cardiac surgery, highlighting the urgent need for effective prevention and risk management strategies in this domain.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"433-445"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139697178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas Schelldorfer, Claudia Gregoriano, Stephanie Hauser, Tobias A Fuchs, Beat Mueller, Philipp Schuetz, Alexander Kutz
{"title":"Rate of cardiovascular events up to 8 years after uncomplicated myocarditis: a nationwide cohort study.","authors":"Andreas Schelldorfer, Claudia Gregoriano, Stephanie Hauser, Tobias A Fuchs, Beat Mueller, Philipp Schuetz, Alexander Kutz","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae021","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>While prognosis of acute myocarditis with uncomplicated presentation is perceived as benign, data on long-term outcomes are scarce. We evaluated rates of myocarditis-associated cardiovascular events after a first-time hospitalization with uncomplicated acute myocarditis in patients without known heart disease.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>In this retrospective nationwide population-based cohort study from 2013 to 2020, hospitalized patients with uncomplicated acute myocarditis but without known heart disease were 1:1 propensity score-matched with surgical controls hospitalized for laparoscopic appendectomy. As assessed in time-to-event analyses, the primary outcome was a composite of rehospitalization for myocarditis, pericardial disease, heart failure and its complications, arrhythmias, implantation of cardiac devices, and heart transplant. After matching, we identified 1439 patients with uncomplicated acute myocarditis (median age of 35 years, 74.0% male) and 1439 surgical controls (median age of 36 years, 74.4% male). Over a median follow-up of 39 months, compared with surgical controls, the hazard ratio for the primary composite outcome was 42.3 [95% confidence interval (CI) 17.4-102.8], corresponding to an incidence rate of 43.7 vs. 0.9 per 1000 patient-years (py) and an incidence rate difference of 42.7 (95% CI 36.7-48.8) per 1000 py.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients hospitalized with uncomplicated acute myocarditis and no known prior heart disease were associated with substantial risk for cardiovascular events over a follow-up of up to 8 years. This calls for a more efficient therapeutic management of this population of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"401-410"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11132296/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139746377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes: Developed by the task force on the management of acute coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuad156","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuad156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"455"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michele Golino, Giuliana Corna, Roberto De Ponti, Antonio Abbate, Benjamin Van Tassell
{"title":"One-year outcomes of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction according to eosinophil blood count.","authors":"Michele Golino, Giuliana Corna, Roberto De Ponti, Antonio Abbate, Benjamin Van Tassell","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae015","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":" ","pages":"429-432"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139722126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Yildirim, C Salbach, B R Milles, C Reich, N Frey, E Giannitsis, M Mueller-Hennessen
{"title":"Comparison of the clinical chemistry score to other biomarker algorithms for rapid rule-out of acute myocardial infarction and risk stratification","authors":"M Yildirim, C Salbach, B R Milles, C Reich, N Frey, E Giannitsis, M Mueller-Hennessen","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.058","url":null,"abstract":"Funding Acknowledgements None. Background The clinical chemistry score (CCS) comprising high-sensitivity (hs) cardiac troponins (cTn), glucose and estimated glomerular filtration rate has been previously validated with superior accuracy for detection and risk stratification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) compared to hs-cTn alone. Methods The CCS was directly compared to other biomarker-based algorithms for rapid rule-out and prognostication of AMI including the hs-cTnT limit-of-blank (LOB, &lt;3 ng/L) or limit-of-detection (LOD, &lt;5 ng/L) and the dual marker strategy (DMS) (copeptin &lt;10 pmol/L and hs-cTnT ≤14 ng/L) in 1506 patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. Negative predictive values (NPV) and sensitivities for rule-out of AMI were assessed and outcomes included rates of the combined end-point of all-cause mortality, myocardial re-infarction and stroke within 12 months. Results NPVs of 100% (98.3-100%) could be found for a CCS=0, hs-cTnT LoB and hs-cTnT LoD with rule-out efficacies of 11.1%, 7.6% and 18.3% as well as specificities of 13.0% (9.9-16.6%), 8.8% (7.3-10.5%) and 21.4% (19.2-23.8%), respectively. A CCS≤ 1 achieved a rule-out in 32.2% of all patients with a NPV of 99.6% (98.4-99.9%) and specificity of 37.4% (34.2-40.5%) compared to a rule-out efficacy of 51.2%, NPV of 99.0 (98.0-99.5) and specificity of 59.7% (57.0-62.4%) for the DMS. Rates of the combined end-point of death/AMI within 30 days ranged between 0.0% and 0.5% for all fast-rule-out protocols. Conclusions The CCS enables a reliable rule-out of AMI with low outcome rates in short and long-term follow-up for a specific population of ED patients. However, compared to a single or dual biomarker strategy, the CCS rule-out is attenuated by a loss of specificity and lower efficacy. Thus, the clinical benefit of the CCS in clinical practice seems to be negligible.","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":"130 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Gomez Gonzalez, G Padilla Rodriguez, M Nunez Ruiz, F Altarejos Salido, L E Lopez Cortes, A Pena Rodriguez
{"title":"Microbiological findings in infective endocarditis, event predictor and prognostic value","authors":"A Gomez Gonzalez, G Padilla Rodriguez, M Nunez Ruiz, F Altarejos Salido, L E Lopez Cortes, A Pena Rodriguez","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.137","url":null,"abstract":"Funding Acknowledgements None. Introduction In infective endocarditis, microbial isolation can be related to the prognosis of the disease. Identify the cause of endocarditis can help decide further management appropriate. Our purpose was to evaluate the most frequent microbiological findings in our healthcare area, as well as their association with prognostic determinants. Material and Methods Retrospective, observational, single-center study*. Based on a registry of patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis during the years 2016-2022 in a reference hospital with cardiac surgery. Patients with infective endocarditis were analyzed according to their type of microbial isolation, observing the microbial epidemiology and comparing these groups according to their baseline characteristics (age, sex, risk factors), the different therapeutic management in each group (type of antibiotic treatment used, surgical intervention, surgical indication etc.) and compared the groups according to the frequency of different prognostic determinants and events (Reinfection, Embolism, Shock, Mortality, local complications, etc.). To analyze the differences in events between different groups of microorganisms, the Chi square statistic of Homogeneity was used, and a significance level of p&lt;0.05 was established. Results 162 patients were analyzed for an average of 66 years. The rate of positive blood cultures was 93%. The most frequently isolated microorganisms were, Figure 1. Patients who suffered from S. aureus endocarditis (with a mean age also of 66±10 years) had a higher prevalence of pacemaker infections and were complicated by septic shock more frequently (43%, p&lt;0.01) than patients with other types of microorganism isolation. However, we did not have high surgery rates, and we did not observe significant differences in terms of recurrence or mortality, despite being a very virulent microorganism. On the other hand, S.Epidermidis (which is associated with early prosthetic valve endocarditis) is the microorganism most closely related with abscesses, fistulas or other perivalvular involvements (34%, p=0.04), in relation to endocarditis after valve surgery. This group also appears to have a greater tendency, although not significant, to cause AV blocks. Furthermore, S.Epidermidis was the group of patients that most frequently underwent surgery (62% p&lt;0.001) Figure 2. Conclusions In this study, we have observed a higher frequency of isolation of E. feacalis, with significant differences in comparison to other series, and a significantly higher number of recurrences in comparison to other microorganisms. S. aureus is the microorganism most linked to shock, but it is also the one with the lowest number of undergone surgeries, despite being comparable populations. In valve prosthetic endocarditis, S. epidermidis was the most frequent pathogen isolated, and was more frequently associated with perivalvular involvement and the need for surgery.","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140932063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Minguez De La Guia, N Vallejo Calcerrada, M J Corbi Pascual, C Bonanad Lozano, P Cepas Guillen, A Cordero Fort, I Nunez Gil, M Thiscal Lopez, S Raposeiras Roubin, J L Ferreiro Gutierrez, E Moreno, F Diez Del Hoyo, A Ayesta, J A Perez Rivera, P Diez Villanueva
{"title":"Variables associated with mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and ischaemic heart disease in Spain","authors":"E Minguez De La Guia, N Vallejo Calcerrada, M J Corbi Pascual, C Bonanad Lozano, P Cepas Guillen, A Cordero Fort, I Nunez Gil, M Thiscal Lopez, S Raposeiras Roubin, J L Ferreiro Gutierrez, E Moreno, F Diez Del Hoyo, A Ayesta, J A Perez Rivera, P Diez Villanueva","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.108","url":null,"abstract":"Funding Acknowledgements None. Introduction The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) increases with age, conditioning a complex and relatively frequent scenario in clinical practice. Our objective was to know the variables associated with prognosis in a cohort of patients with AF and IHD in our country after a year of follow-up. Methods An observational, prospective and multicentre study that included patients with AF and IHD in Spain. Baseline, clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic characteristics were assessed, as well as the clinical management and the choice of antithrombotic treatment. We studied long-term mortality. Results 290 patients were included (mean age 77.7±9.7 years, 28% women). 84% of the patients were hypertensive, 42% diabetic, 69.7% dyslipidemic. The average comorbidity, characterized by the Charlson index, was 2.3±2. The average score on the CHADSVASC and HASBLED scales was 4.28±1.62 and 2.94±1, respectively. The clinical presentation of ischaemic heart disease was NSTEMI (45%), STEMI (22%) and stable angina (33%). 65.6% of patients underwent revascularisation, mostly percutaneously (92%). 42% of patients were discharged with triple therapy (double antiplatelet + anticoagulation), 30.1% with double therapy (antiplatelet + anticoagulation). After an average follow-up of 325±5.7 days, 35 patients (12%) died. The variables independently associated (multivariate analysis) with mortality during follow-up are shown in the Table (creatinine, leukocyte count, troponin elevation, number of diseased vessels, ventricular function, and comorbidity were mortality predictors in our study). Conclusions The presence of a series of simple variables identifies patients with AF and IHD as having a greater risk of mortality during follow-up.Variables independentily associated AF","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":"156 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140932130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Sakalidis, K Dimitriadis, M Bora, A E Karanikola, K Aznaouridis, A Papanikolaou, I Dris, I Leontsinis, E Mantzouranis, P Iliakis, P K Vlachakis, P Tsioufis, A Koulouriotis, K Aggeli, K Tsioufis
{"title":"Microvascular dysfunction associated with reduced nailfold capillary density in patients with ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease","authors":"A Sakalidis, K Dimitriadis, M Bora, A E Karanikola, K Aznaouridis, A Papanikolaou, I Dris, I Leontsinis, E Mantzouranis, P Iliakis, P K Vlachakis, P Tsioufis, A Koulouriotis, K Aggeli, K Tsioufis","doi":"10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuae036.185","url":null,"abstract":"Funding Acknowledgements None. Introduction The impairment of microvascular function present in coronary microcirculation with chronic angina without obstructive coronary arteries. There are insufficient data in the literature regarding possible generalized microangiopathy in this population. Aim The aim of this study is to demonstrate whether patients with Angina with No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (ANOCA) compared to individuals without coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) are characterized by a different level of nailfold capillaroscopy abnormalities. Methods We examined 18 participants without CMD - non-CMD group [9 female, 50%, mean age: 54.4±8.1 years) and 26 patients with ANOCA - CMD group (22 female, 84,6%, mean age : 53.2±10.7 years). Functional coronary angiography was performed for the assessment of coronary microcirculation in all patients. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) and index of microvascular resistance (IMR) were measured in the left anterior descending coronary artery using a temperature/pressure sensor-tipped guidewire. In addition, the assessment of skin microcirculation was performed by capillaroscopy, a non-invasive technique to evaluate small vessels of the microcirculation in the nailfold, using stereomicroscope in all patients. Results In CMD group, mean CFR and IMR were 1.34±0.6 and 44.8±28, respectively. Out of the 26 MVD patients with abnormal CFR, 7 of them (27%) had a normal value of IMR, indicating functional microvascular dysfunction. On the other hand, 18 patients (69%) had an abnormal IMR, indicating structural microvascular dysfunction. Capillary density in patients with MVD was significantly decreased compared to the control group (7.6±2.2 vs 10.9±1.8 vessels/mm, p=0.04). The difference in capillary density between the two groups was statistically significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons (p&lt;0.05). No significant difference was found in body mass index, renal function, medical history of dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and smoking status between the two groups (p&lt;0.05). Conclusion Nailfold capillary density was reduced in ANOCA patients compared to control group. These data may provide new insights regarding possible generalized microangiopathy in CMD patients. These results suggest that there is an association between microcirculatory impairment at both heart and peripheral vascular bed level.","PeriodicalId":11861,"journal":{"name":"European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140932141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}