Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: PET, CMR and CT Assessment
Microvascular dysfunction is responsible for chest pain in various kinds of patients, including those with obstructive coronary artery disease and persistent symptoms despite revascularization, or those with myocardial disease without coronary stenosis ...
Matteo Tebaldi +15 more
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Diagnosis of coronary microvascular dysfunction in the clinic
Abstract The coronary microcirculation plays a pivotal role in the regulation of coronary blood flow and cardiac metabolism. It can adapt to acute and chronic pathologic conditions such as coronary thrombosis or long-standing hypertension.
Eva Prescott +5 more
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Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute, reversible form of left ventricular dysfunction, typically triggered by emotional or physical stress. The hallmark feature is reversible regional wall motion abnormality extending beyond a single coronary ...
Davide Rossi +13 more
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Intracoronary acetylcholine (ACH) testing is clinically useful to diagnose the presence of the coronary vasomotor disorders coronary endothelial dysfunction and coronary epicardial/microvascular spasm.
Shozo Sueda, Tomoki Sakaue
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Microvascular endothelial dysfunction predicts the development of erectile dysfunction in men with coronary atherosclerosis without critical stenoses [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality, independent of conventional cardiovascular risk factors.
Flammer, A J +8 more
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Coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with congenital heart disease
: Congenital heart diseases represent a wide range of cardiac malformations. Medical and surgical advances have dramatically increased the survival of patients with congenital heart disease, leading to a continuously growing number of children ...
van Berendoncks, An +3 more
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Coronary artery endothelial dysfunction is positively correlated with low density lipoprotein and inversely correlated with high density lipoprotein subclass particles measured by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The association between cholesterol and endothelial dysfunction remains controversial. We tested the hypothesis that lipoprotein subclasses are associated with coronary endothelial dysfunction.
Prasad, A +8 more
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Introduction Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and cerebrovascular disease are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a leading cause of dementia and stroke.
Colin Berry +10 more
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Obesity Related Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: From Basic to Clinical Practice
Obesity related coronary microvascular disease is a medical entity which is not yet fully elucidated. The pathophysiological basis of coronary microcirculatory dysfunction consists of a heterogeneous group of disorders with individual morphologic ...
K. Selthofer-Relatić +2 more
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Management options for coronary microvascular dysfunction: Present status and future perspectives
Coronary micro vessels are not visible on coronary angiography. These include prearterioles, arterioles, and capillaries. Significant number of patients of angina have coronary microvascular dysfunction alone or in combination with stenosis and/or spasm ...
Sita Ram Mittal
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