Research Article

miRNA-22 as a Candidate Diagnostic Biomarker for Coronary Slow Flow

Table 2

TIMI blood flow evaluation of the two groups.

Control group (n = 42)Coronary slow flow group (n = 44) value

CTFC of LAD30.83 ± 6.83620.73 ± 4.406<0.001
TFC of LCX28.88 ± 6.04120.20 ± 3.137<0.001
TFC of RCA33.12 ± 5.87822.09 ± 3.820<0.001
Mean TFC30.94 ± 4.04421.01 ± 2.525<0.001

TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction coronary angiography imaging evaluation of coronary artery perfusion; CTFC, corrected TIMI frame count; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery; mean TFC, mean TIMI frame count (continuous variables with normal distribution were expressed as mean ± SD).