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 …

Background Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is an important underlying cause of
angina pectoris. Currently, no diagnostic tool is available to directly visualize the coronary …

Background—Although increased coronary microvascular resistance (CMR), resulting in
coronary microvascular dysfunction, is speculated to be responsible for myocardial ischemia …

Background Cardiac syndrome X is an important therapeutic and diagnostic challenge to
physician. Study of Csx patients may help to understand the pathophysiology of coronary …

The presence of angina pectoris (AP) in patients with either normal coronary angiograms or
with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is not only a frequent clinical finding but …

Background Perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has a high sensitivity for
the detection of significant coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the specificity of this …

1. Hsu LY, Jacobs M, Benovoy M, et al. Diagnostic performance of fully automated pixel-wise
quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Am Coll …

Background We previously found a severe impairment of cardiac uptake of 123 I-
metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), an analogue of norepinephrine, on myocardial …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a clinical condition very diffuse in many different
settings. Often the diagnosis can be very tricky, and choosing the proper diagnostic strategy …

Patients with cardiac syndrome X (CSX) have an excellent long-term prognosis, but a
significant number show worsening angina over time. Previous studies have found a …