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Published: March 2, 2012

Coronary slow flow phenomenon

More bad news for overweight men: Research from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center suggests that being obese and male (and maybe a military veteran) are risk factors for a condition in which blood flows slowly through unobstructed coronary arteries.

The ailment, referred to as CSFP, causes chest pain, according to an OU news release. Severe cases are linked to heart attack, abnormal heart rhythm and sudden cardiac death.

It is a rather rare cause of chest pain, compared to the more common coronary disease, study author Stavros Stavrakis said in the release. However, in people with no coronary blockages, it may represent a more common cause of chest pain than previously thought.

The study was published in the Circulation Journal. It focused on 158 patients with unblocked coronary arteries and normal heart function who were admitted to the Oklahoma City Veteran's Affairs Medical Center from 2007 to 2009, the release states. Despite their otherwise normal heart health, 96 of the patients were diagnosed with CSFP after study.

That number is huge compared to other studies. An explanation may be that the VA patients share certain attributes: They are overwhelmingly male and have risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

We do not know exactly why male sex and obesity are independent predictors of CSFP, Stavrakis said.

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