Oct 8th, 2020

Coronary Vascular Function and Cardiomyocyte Injury: A Report From the WISE-CVD

Ahmed AlBadri, Janet Wei, Odayme Quesada, Puja K. Mehta, Yi Xiao, Yi-An Ko, R. David Anderson, John Petersen, Babak Azarbal, Bruce Samuels, Timothy D. Henry, Galen Cook-Wiens, Eileen M. Handberg, Jennifer Van Eyk, Carl J. Pepine, C. Noel Bairey Merz
Originally published 8 Oct 2020 | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
2020 12 15 13 52 51

Objective:

Women with symptoms or signs of myocardial ischemia but no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) often have coronary vascular dysfunction and elevated risk for adverse cardiovascular events. We hypothesized that u-hscTnI (ultra-high–sensitivity cardiac troponin I), a sensitive indicator of ischemic cardiomyocyte injury, is associated with coronary vascular dysfunction in women with INOCA.

Full text of this article can be found at: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314260