Myocardial Perfusion PET for the Detection and Reporting of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: A JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging Expert Panel Statement

TH Schindler, WF Fearon, M Pelletier-Galarneau… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - jacc.org
Angina pectoris and dyspnea in patients with normal or nonobstructive coronary vessels
remains a diagnostic challenge. Invasive coronary angiography may identify up to 60% of …

PET/MR imaging of inflammation in atherosclerosis

ML Senders, C Calcagno, A Tawakol… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Myocardial infarction, stroke, mental disorders, neurodegenerative processes, autoimmune
diseases, cancer and the human immunodeficiency virus impact the haematopoietic system …

Ischemia and no obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA): a narrative review

PK Mehta, J Huang, RD Levit, W Malas, N Waheed… - Atherosclerosis, 2022 - Elsevier
Myocardial ischemia with no obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA) is a chronic coronary
syndrome condition that is increasingly being recognized as a substantial contributor to …

Multimodality cardiovascular imaging in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: ramping up safely to a new normal

WA Zoghbi, MF DiCarli, R Blankstein, AD Choi… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created an unprecedented disruption
to routine patient care (1). Health care professionals scrambled within weeks to attend to the …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking, alcohol and opioids effect on coronary microcirculation: an update overview

Z Jalali, M Khademalhosseini, N Soltani… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Smoking, heavy alcohol drinking and drug abuse are detrimental lifestyle factors leading to
loss of million years of healthy life annually. One of the major health complications caused …

[HTML][HTML] Doppler echocardiography assessment of coronary microvascular function in patients with angina and no obstructive coronary artery disease

J Schroder, E Prescott - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Echocardiographic evaluation is an essential part of the diagnostic work-up in patients with
known or suspected cardiovascular disease. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Shexiang Baoxin pill for coronary microvascular function: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Wang, Y Shan, W Sun, J Han, H Tong… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The coronary microvascular dysfunction has attracted more and more attention
in recent years, but there is still a lack of effective treatment. Shexiang Baoxin Pill is one of …

Ischemia and no obstructive coronary arteries in patients with stable ischemic heart disease

PK Mehta, O Quesada, A Al-Badri, JL Fleg… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A large proportion of patients with suspected obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is
found to have ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA). Based on …

[HTML][HTML] Quality assurance in 3D-printing: A dimensional accuracy study of patient-specific 3D-printed vascular anatomical models

P Nguyen, I Stanislaus, C McGahon… - Frontiers in Medical …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
3D printing enables the rapid manufacture of patient-specific anatomical models that
substantially improve patient consultation and offer unprecedented opportunities for surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Coronary microvascular dysfunction and hypertension: a bond more important than we think

M Zdravkovic, V Popadic, S Klasnja, A Klasnja… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is a clinical entity linked with various risk factors
that significantly affect cardiac morbidity and mortality. Hypertension, one of the most …