Beyond Coronary Artery Disease: Assessing the Microcirculation.
Cardiol Clin
; 42(1): 125-135, 2024 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37949533
ABSTRACT
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) affects more than 20 million adults in the United States. Although classically attributed to atherosclerosis of the epicardial coronary arteries, nearly half of patients with stable angina and IHD who undergo invasive coronary angiography do not have obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease. Ischemia with nonobstructive coronary arteries is frequently caused by microvascular angina with underlying coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). Greater understanding the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of CMD holds promise to improve clinical outcomes of patients with ischemic heart disease.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Coronary Artery Disease
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Microvascular Angina
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cardiol Clin
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Cardiol. clin. (Phila.)
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Cardiology clinics (Philadelphia)
Year:
2024
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States