For many years, the functional sequelae of chronic coronary artery disease were considered
irreversible and amenable only to palliative therapy. For example, a finding of asynergy (the …

It is well recognized that the procedure of hemodialysis is associated with significant
changes in blood pressure and systemic hemodynamics; 20–30% of treatments are …

Background—Monitoring contrast medium wash-in kinetics in hyperemic myocardium by
magnetic resonance (MR) allows for the detection of stenosed coronary arteries. In this …

Background—Myocardial perfusion reserve can be noninvasively assessed with
cardiovascular MR. In this study, the diagnostic accuracy of this technique for the detection …

Background The ability of the coronary vascular bed to dilate and thus increase blood flow to
the myocardium may be impaired in coronary artery disease, even in regions of myocardium …

The long-term consequences of CAD remain a prominent clinical problem. Particularly with
new therapeutic strategies that reduce the mortality associated with acute coronary …

Considerable focus has been directed towards coronary arterial disease in the management
of coronary heart disease, however the coronary microcirculation plays a major role in the …

Hibernating myocardium 1 2 3 was defined by Hearse 4 as “exquisitely regulated tissue
successfully adapting its activity to prevailing circumstances.” Ross 5 has described it as …

Insulin infusion improves myocardial blood flow (MBF) in healthy subjects. Until now, the
effect of insulin on myocardial perfusion in type 2 diabetic subjects with coronary artery …

The regulation of myocardial blood flow in patients with cardiac diseases is a complex
phenomenon which depends on coronary perfusion pressure, the presence of …