title: The Combined Effect of Ear Lobe Crease and Conventional Risk Factor in the Diagnosis of Angiographically Diagnosed Coronary Artery Disease and the Short-Term Prognosis in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Stents.
abstract: The role of diagonal ear lobe crease (DELC) in coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis and prognosis remains controversial. In this study, we aimed to assess the combined effect of DELC with other conventional risk factors in the diagnosis and prognosis of CAD in Chinese patients who underwent angiography and coronary stent implantation.The study consisted of 956 consecutive patients who underwent angiography. The DELC was identified as no DELC, unilateral, and bilateral DELC. The conventional risk factors for CAD were recorded.Our dada showed that the overall presence of DELC is associated with CAD risk. Stratification analyses revealed that the diagnostic value of DELC was mostly significant in those with >4 risk factors. Also in patients with >4 risk factors, the presence of bilateral DELC remains to be associated with higher hs-CRP level, higher severity of CAD, and higher possibility of developing major adverse cardiac events after successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Our study confirmed the relation of DELC with CAD in Chinese patients; more importantly, our data suggest the combination of DELC and CAD risk factors will help to predict the incidence of CAD and may predict the prognosis after successfully PCI.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou First Municipal Hospital & Hangzhou Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou (XH, NW, YS, XW, YZ, PX, LZ); Department of Cardiology, Second hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (YJ).
authors.forename: Xuwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ningfu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yigang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D004423:Ear / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome