Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Is Associated With Significant Plaque Burden and Diffuse Epicardial Atherosclerotic Disease

Autor: Sameer Khawaja, Kalina Mercado, Yasir Bouchi, Leslee J. Shaw, Puja K. Mehta, Habib Samady, Michel T. Corban, Ahmed AlBadri, Parham Eshtehardi, Olivia Y. Hung
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: JACC. Cardiovascular interventions. 12(15)
ISSN: 1876-7605
Popis: Approximately 50% of patients with signs and symptoms of ischemia who undergo elective coronary angiography have no obstructive coronary epicardial atherosclerotic disease (CAD) [(1)][1]. However, two-thirds of these patients have evidence of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) [(2)][2]. CMD
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