title: Angina pectoris and physiological coronarographic findings.
abstract: Angina pectoris may be associated with normaln coronary arteries. Normal coronary arteries status is defined as absence of visible disease or the irregularity of lumen (less than 50%) as assessed visually on the interventional cardiologists. In our retrospective study among 1130 patients we have identified 181 patients with normal angiographic findings with various risk factors, as male sex, body mass index (BMI), lipid disorders, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2. The analysis results suggest that 56.3% patients of 181 verified normal coronary findings involve female patients with high BMI, unregulated hypertension and lipid disorders. In order to find real causes of chest pain, patients with normal coronary status need careful examination and treatment. The reduction of risk factors and adequate medications are important preconditions for the good quality of life in these patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Sarajevo Clinics Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Mehmed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kulić
authors.forename: Elnur
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tahirović
authors.forename: Zina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lazović
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors