A growing amount of data is increasingly showing the relevance of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMVD) in several clinical contexts. This article reviews techniques and clinical investigations of the main noninvasive and invasive methods proposed to study coronary microcirculation and to identify CMVD in the presence of normal coronary arteries, also trying to provide indications for their application in clinical practice
Lanza, G. A., Camici, P., Galiuto, L., Niccoli, G., Pizzi, C., Di Monaco, A., Sestito, A., Novo, S., Piscione, F., Tritto, I., Ambrosio, G., Bugiardini, R., Crea, F., Marzilli, M., Methods to investigate coronary microvascular function in clinical practice, <<JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE>>, 2013; 14 (1): 1-18. [doi:10.2459/JCM.0b013e328351680f] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/41632]
Methods to investigate coronary microvascular function in clinical practice
Lanza, Gaetano Antonio;Galiuto, Leonarda;Niccoli, Giampaolo;Sestito, Alfonso;Crea, Filippo;
2013
Abstract
A growing amount of data is increasingly showing the relevance of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMVD) in several clinical contexts. This article reviews techniques and clinical investigations of the main noninvasive and invasive methods proposed to study coronary microcirculation and to identify CMVD in the presence of normal coronary arteries, also trying to provide indications for their application in clinical practiceI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.