Review Article
Diverse Spectrum of Presentation of Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon: A Concise Review of the Literature
Table 2
Comparison of coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) versus syndrome X.
| CSFP | Syndrome X |
| Males [29] | Postmenopausal females [29] | Current smokers [29] | Current or past smokers [29] | Unstable angina [30] | Stress-related angina [30] | Elevated resting microvascular tone [31] | Normal resting microvascular tone [31] | Normal vasodilator response to papaverine, adenosine, and during exercise [31] | Typically absent [31] | Greater rate of life threatening cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death [27] | Lower incidence as compared to CSFP [27] |
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