TY - JOUR
T1 - Methods to investigate coronary microvascular function in clinical practice
AU - Lanza, Gaetano A.
AU - Camici, Paolo G.
AU - Galiuto, Leonarda
AU - Niccoli, Giampaolo
AU - Pizzi, Carmine
AU - Di Monaco, Antonio
AU - Sestito, Alfonso
AU - Novo, Salvatore
AU - Piscione, Federico
AU - Tritto, Isabella
AU - Ambrosio, Giuseppe
AU - Bugiardini, Raffaele
AU - Crea, Filippo
AU - Marzilli, Mario
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - 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 investigations of the main noninvasive and invasive methods proposed to study coronary microcirculation and to identify CMVD in the presence of normal coronary arteries, also trying to provide indications for their application in clinical practice.
AB - 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 investigations of the main noninvasive and invasive methods proposed to study coronary microcirculation and to identify CMVD in the presence of normal coronary arteries, also trying to provide indications for their application in clinical practice.
KW - cardiovascular magnetic resonance
KW - coronary microcirculation
KW - diagnostic investigation
KW - intracoronary Doppler ultrasound
KW - myocardial contrast echocardiography
KW - PET
KW - transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
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U2 - 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328351680f
DO - 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328351680f
M3 - Article
C2 - 23222188
AN - SCOPUS:84871981135
SN - 1558-2027
VL - 14
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
IS - 1
ER -