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Resistive reserve ratio and microvascular resistance reserve in patients with coronary vasospastic angina

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Patients with epicardial coronary vasospastic angina (VSA) may be likely to have coronary microvascular dysfunction, although mixed results have been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate coronary microvascular function in detail using novel invasive physiologic indices, such as resistive reserve ratio (RRR) and microvascular resistance reserve (MRR). A total of 45 patients undergoing intracoronary acetylcholine (ACh) provocation test and invasive coronary circulatory evaluation using a thermodilution method were prospectively included. VSA was diagnosed as angiographic vasospasm accompanied by chest pain and/or ischemic electrocardiographic changes by intracoronary injection of ACh. Coronary circulation was assessed with physiologic indices including fractional flow reserve, resting and hyperemic mean transit time (Tmn), coronary flow reserve (CFR), basal resistance index, index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR), RRR, and MRR. Of 45 patients, 23 (51.1%) were diagnosed as having VSA. Patients with positive ACh test had longer resting Tmn (slower coronary flow velocity), higher basal resistance index, and greater RRR and MRR than those without, while fractional flow reserve, CFR, and IMR did not differ significantly between the two groups. In conclusion, although conventional measures such as CFR and IMR failed to show significant differences, RRR and MRR, novel invasive coronary physiologic indices, provided counterintuitive insights that coronary microvascular dilation function was better preserved in patients with VSA than those without.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan

    Yuichi Saito, Takeshi Nishi, Ken Kato, Hideki Kitahara & Yoshio Kobayashi

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Saito, Y., Nishi, T., Kato, K. et al. Resistive reserve ratio and microvascular resistance reserve in patients with coronary vasospastic angina. Heart Vessels 37, 1489–1495 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-022-02051-w

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