Coronary Thermo-dilution Derived Flow-indices in Chronic Coronary Syndrome

Patients scheduled for elective coronary angiography due to chronic coronary syndrome are recruited at admission to hospital before the coronary anatomy is known. Immediately after coronary angiography measures thermo-dilution derived flow indices are obtained in the left left anterior descending artery (LAD). The patients are followed through telephone-calls and medical records at 1 and 2 years after inclusion and at completion of the study. The hypothesis is that elevated index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR),(\>25) is associated with all-cause death, myocardial infarction (MI) and hospitalization due to congestive heart failure (CHF). The primary analysis is the relationship between IMR and the composite outcome all-cause death, MI and hospitalization due to CHF.