This study was conducted in the department of cardiology, NIMS hospital Hyderabad which receives patients from the urban as well as rural areas of Telangana

Study Population: the patients admitted in the department of cardiology, NIMS hospital Hyderabad who presented with acute coronary syndromes and diagnosed to have coronary artery disease (single vessel/multivessel disease) on coronary angiography taken for study. We compared the age, sex, ECG, ECHO profiles in both patients with SVD and MVD.

Sample Size: 150

Study Period: MAY 2019 -DECEMBER 2020

Study method: a prospective, observational and longitudinal study

Among the 150 subjects, males were 111(74%) and females were 39(26%). Mean age of the study population is 55.2 ± 11.4. Among SVD group 73.65% were males &26.3% were females. Among MVD group 76.2% were males & 23.7% were females. Mean age for SVD was 53±14.4 years, while mean age foe MVD was 58.6±14.5 years. For ACS mean age of presentation for females is 60.7±11.4 and for males mean age of presentation is 55.1±12.6.

MVD (57.2%) were more common among smokers than SVD. In <45 years age group SVD (69.2%) were more common than MVD (30.8%). In 45- 70 years age group and >70 years age group MVD were more common than SVD with 69.6% and 66.6% respectively, which is statistically significant.

MVD (60%) were more common among hypertensives than SVD. Among non-hypertensives MVD (41.8%) was less common than SVD (58.2%) MVD was common among all age groups, which is statistically significant.

Among diabetes subjects MVD (62.7%) was more common than SVD (37.2). In <45 years age group no difference was seen between SVD or MVD. Among >45 years age group MVD was seen more commonly than SVD. The difference between two groups is statistically significant.

Among normal BMI group SVD (66.7%) were more common than MVD (33.3%). Among over weight group, MVD (65.7) were more common than SVD (34.2%).Among obese group, MVD (66.6%) were more common than SVD (33.3%).Association was statistically significant between two groups. Among subjects with positive family h/o premature CAD, SVD (66.6%) was more common than MVD (33.4%).Among subjects with negative family h/o premature CAD, MVD (54.1%) was relatively more than SVD (45.9%)Therefore, patients with family history of premature CAD tend to present early & have more SVD.

Among STEMI group SVD (58.3%) was more common than MVD (41.7%).Among NSTEMI group MVD (62%) was more common than SVD (38%).Correlation between groups was statistically significant. Among SVD study group, LVEF was commonly between 30-45% & very few with LVEF <30% MVD was associated with more severe LV dysfunction as compared to SVD in acute MI. (Figure 3) The difference in ejection fraction between the two groups was statistically significant P value=0.0002, as shown in table 1.

In hospital MACE Among SVD there was 1 MI (due to stent thrombosis) who had to TVR (primary PCI) & rest were asymptomatic and discharged in normal state MVD there were in hospital deaths (due to refractory cardiogenic shock) rest were asymptomatic and were discharged in normal state. This difference between the two groups was statistically insignificant, as shown in (Figure 1, Figure 2).

Series of subjects presenting to cardiology ICCU at NIMS hospital between May 2019 to December 2020 who were diagnosed to have ACS were subjected to coronary angiography, on basis of which was categorised in to single and multivessel disease. Various clinical parameters, ECG changes, Echo features and outcome parameters were noted and compared among single and multivessel disease with acute coronary syndromes. In study by Sharma R et al,5 mean age group were 54.71± 19.9yrs, males were 79.5%& females were 20.5%. In study by Navin K et al, mean age group were 56.1±10.5 yrs., males were 83.3% with mean age of 55.7±10.6 & females were 16.7% with mean age of 58.25±9.69 years. In our study smokers were found to be associated more among males with MVD (57.2%) than SVD (42.85%) is similar to study done by Zanda Parsa et al6 where MVD were 54% than SVD (31%) which explains well that smoking promotes atherosclerosis. On other hand our study found among young smokers the prevalence of SVD was more (69.2%) compared to MVD (30.8%), In our study 61% subjects were hypertensive with MVD (60%) and SVD (40%). In all age groups MVD were more common than SVD. Study by Bduansyah Tengku et al7 published in journal of hypertension 2015 has 58% hypertensive subjects and among them 18%were SVD, 70% were MVD & 12% Were normal coronaries. The analysis of our subjects in respect to dyslipidemia showed MVD predominance in angiography (MVD vs SVD-9% vs 41%). Study by Rafaela Andrade et al also showed the predominance of MVD among dyslipidemics more so with elevated triglyceride/HDL ratio. An increased accumulation of fat in the intrabdominal cavity, termed as visceral adiposity is highly correlated with an adverse coronary risk profile. The study done in our centre showed prevalence of multivessel disease in subjects with BMI >25kg/m² (66.6%) compared to SVD (33%) but study by Rubinshtein R et al8found no significant association of higher BMI with MVD. Our study showed that PCI/CABG is being performed with a high procedural success rate and good long term clinical outcome. It is not associated with an increased rate of stent thrombosis or late major clinical adverse events. The angiographic success rate was 98% in our study.

The multi vessel disease was associated with risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and physically inactivity and patients with a family history of premature coronary artery disease presented with SVD. The patients with MVD may be linked to the inactivation of critical anti-aging genes such as Sirtuin 1. Sirtuin 1 has been shown to be defective in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia and exercise has been shown to activate Sirtuin 1. In developing countries chronic diseases has been shown to be linked to the inactivation of Sirtuin 1 with relevance to ACS. 9101112

In the present study, we found that MVD and stent implantation were relatively more associated with only one death. Studies by Chow et al. and De Waha et al both reported that the severity of CAD not only predicted all cause mortality but also were high risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes. The higher morbidity and mortality are seen in ST segment elevation MI patients with multivessel CAD.