Frank Score and Coronary Artery Disease

Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03177486

FrankSyntax

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) were enrolled. CAD was diagnosed by coronary angiography which also resulted Syntax score. Images of left and right ears were captured by a digital camera. Frank score of each patients was calculated based on characteristics and numbers of wrinkles of the earlobes. Statistic analysis were carried out to analyze the correlation between Frank Score and Syntax Score.

Enrollment: 364 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis coronary artery disease by coronary angiography

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of malignant tumor
• Positive heart transplant history
• Positive CABG history
• Positive PCI history
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease
• Any external ear trauma or disease history