Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) encompasses several pathogenetic
mechanisms involving coronary microcirculation and plays a major role in determining …

Ischemic heart disease still represents a large burden on individuals and health care
resources worldwide. By conventions, it is equated with atherosclerotic plaque due to flow …

Many patients with chest pain undergoing coronary angiography do not show significant
obstructive coronary lesions. A substantial proportion of these patients have abnormalities in …

Coronary microvascular disease (CMD) refers to the subset of disorders affecting the
structure and function of the coronary microcirculation, is prevalent in patients across a …

Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is among the most commonly performed
diagnostic tests in cardiology. Although the diagnostic and prognostic applications of …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common inherited heart disease with diverse
phenotypic and genetic expression, clinical presentation, and natural history. HCM has been …

Many patients undergoing coronary angiography because of chest pain syndromes,
believed to be indicative of obstructive atherosclerosis of the epicardial coronary arteries …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through January 2011. Searches were limited to …

Background: Myocardial perfusion reflects the macro-and microvascular coronary
circulation. Recent quantitation developments using cardiovascular magnetic resonance …

Obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary arteries was recognized as the cause of
angina pectoris> 2 centuries ago, and sudden thrombotic occlusion of an epicardial …