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Impact on Diabetes Mellitus on the Epicardial Coronary Flow Velocity Assessed by the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Frame Count

Department of Cardiology, Meram Medical School of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, asoylu44{at}gmail.com

Kurtulus Ozdemir, MD

Department of Cardiology, Meram Medical School of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

Mehmet Akif Duzenli, MD

Department of Cardiology, Meram Medical School of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

Mehmet Yazici, MD

Department of Cardiology, Meram Medical School of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

Mehmet Tokac, MD

Department of Cardiology, Meram Medical School of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus on epicardial coronary flow velocity assessed by the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count. The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count was measured in 272 coronary arteries from 101 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and in 271 coronary arteries from 104 age- and gender-matched patients without type 2 diabetes mellitus referred for coronary angiography. The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count was measured only in normal arteries or in arteries without significant lesion. By both univariate and multivariate analysis, the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count was not related with either type 2 diabetes mellitus or the duration and glycated hemoglobin levels in the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count was significantly associated with body surface area, heart rate, and proximal coronary artery diameter. Type 2 diabetes mellitus did not affect epicardial coronary flow velocity assessed by the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count.

Key Words: diabetes mellitus • normal coronary artery • thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Angiology, Vol. 60, No. 4, 431-440 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319708321187


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