Coronary Microvascular Disease Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Options: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

VR Taqueti, MF Di Carli - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018 - jacc.org
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 …

ESC Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation position paper on 'coronary microvascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease'

T Padro, O Manfrini, R Bugiardini, J Canty… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Although myocardial ischaemia usually manifests as a consequence of atherosclerosis-
dependent obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease, a significant percentage of …

Clinical quantification of myocardial blood flow using PET: joint position paper of the SNMMI cardiovascular council and the ASNC

VL Murthy, TM Bateman, RS Beanlands, DS Berman… - 2018 - Springer
Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is among the most commonly performed
diagnostic tests in cardiology. Although the diagnostic and prognostic applications of …

EANM procedural guidelines for PET/CT quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging

R Sciagrà, M Lubberink, F Hyafil, A Saraste… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been
growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and …

Hypertension and cardiomyopathy associated with chronic kidney disease: epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment considerations

JP Law, L Pickup, D Pavlovic, JN Townend… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a complex condition with a prevalence of 10–15%
worldwide. An inverse-graded relationship exists between cardiovascular events and …

Quantitative assessment of coronary microvascular function: dynamic single-photon emission computed tomography, positron emission tomography, ultrasound …

A Feher, AJ Sinusas - Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
A healthy, functional microcirculation in combination with nonobstructed epicardial coronary
arteries is the prerequisite of normal myocardial perfusion. Quantitative assessment in …

The prognostic value of coronary endothelial and microvascular dysfunction in subjects with normal or non-obstructive coronary artery disease: A systematic review …

P Brainin, D Frestad, E Prescott - International journal of cardiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Aims Coronary vascular dysfunction is linked with poor cardiovascular prognosis in patients
without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) but a critical appraisal of the literature is …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction, left ventricular remodeling, and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney impairment

NS Bajaj, A Singh, W Zhou, A Gupta, K Fujikura… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cardiac dysfunction and cardiovascular events are prevalent among patients
with chronic kidney disease without overt obstructive coronary artery disease, but the …

The pathogenic role of coronary microvascular dysfunction in the setting of other cardiac or systemic conditions

RE Konst, TJ Guzik, JC Kaski… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) plays a pathogenic role in cardiac and systemic
conditions other than microvascular angina. In this review, we provide an overview of the …

Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease in advanced and end‐stage renal disease

NK Bhatti, K Karimi Galougahi, Y Paz… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 13% of the US population. 1 Although a significant
proportion of these patients progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal …