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Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon

Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon Am J Cardiovasc Drugs (2018) 18:73–74 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0241-4 RESEARCH LETTER Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon 1,2 1 2 • • Kenji Sadamatsu Yasuaki Koga Hideki Tashiro Published online: 28 June 2017 Springer International Publishing AG 2017 The coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) is an angio- flow was improved after the administration of isosorbide graphic finding characterized by the delayed progression of dinitrate or nicorandil and delayed after the subsequent contrast medium in an epicardial coronary artery without contrast injection in all patients. The CSFP was observed stenosis during routine coronary angiography. In daily in the left anterior descending artery, the right coronary practice at catheterization laboratories, coronary slow flow artery, and the circumflex artery in five, three, and two is not a rare finding; however, CSFP has received little patients, respectively. The median follow-up period was attention, and its natural history is still unclear. We 2511 (range 1703–3303) days, and calcium channel therefore conducted a long-term follow-up study of the blockers were administered in five patients, while coro- patients with CSFP from our previous study [1]. nary vasodilators were stopped by home doctors in the We prospectively collected 11 patients with CSFP other two patients. There http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2017 by Springer International Publishing AG
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Cardiology; Pharmacotherapy; Pharmacology/Toxicology
ISSN
1175-3277
eISSN
1179-187X
DOI
10.1007/s40256-017-0241-4
pmid
28660557
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Am J Cardiovasc Drugs (2018) 18:73–74 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-017-0241-4 RESEARCH LETTER Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon 1,2 1 2 • • Kenji Sadamatsu Yasuaki Koga Hideki Tashiro Published online: 28 June 2017 Springer International Publishing AG 2017 The coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) is an angio- flow was improved after the administration of isosorbide graphic finding characterized by the delayed progression of dinitrate or nicorandil and delayed after the subsequent contrast medium in an epicardial coronary artery without contrast injection in all patients. The CSFP was observed stenosis during routine coronary angiography. In daily in the left anterior descending artery, the right coronary practice at catheterization laboratories, coronary slow flow artery, and the circumflex artery in five, three, and two is not a rare finding; however, CSFP has received little patients, respectively. The median follow-up period was attention, and its natural history is still unclear. We 2511 (range 1703–3303) days, and calcium channel therefore conducted a long-term follow-up study of the blockers were administered in five patients, while coro- patients with CSFP from our previous study [1]. nary vasodilators were stopped by home doctors in the We prospectively collected 11 patients with CSFP other two patients. There

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American Journal of Cardiovascular DrugsSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 28, 2017

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