Correlations between severity of coronary artery disease in patients
diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome and changes in local earth
magnetic field
Abstract
The study was aimed to identify the relations between the severity of
coronary artery disease and associated percutaneous coronary
interventions with the changes in the local Earth magnetic field
activity (LEMF). One-thousand-two-hundred-forty patients diagnosed with
Acute coronary syndrome who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention
within 2015-2016 were retrospectively included in this single centre
study. The majority of acute coronary syndromes that occurred in females
was associated with an increase in LEMF intensity in 3.5-32 Hz frequency
ranges and were also associated with a higher number of diseased
coronary arteries. Increased intensity in the same range was associated
with a lower number of stented coronary arteries in males in 2015.
Positive correlation coefficients were found between increased LEMF
intensity in the 0-15 Hz range and the number of revascularized coronary
arteries in females during the winter season in 2016. Stronger LEMF in
low-medium frequency ranges is associated with acute coronary syndromes
in males caused by less diffuse coronary artery disease resulting in
lower number of coronary arteries segments needed for revascularisation,
especially during winter. Stronger LEMF in high frequency range is
associated with increased occurrence of ischaemic cardiovascular events,
while stronger LEMF in low to moderate frequency ranges is associated
with positive effect.