Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC Guidelines fully into account when
exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the implementation of …

Many patients with chest pain undergoing coronary angiography do not show significant
obstructive coronary lesions. A substantial proportion of these patients have abnormalities in …

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 …

Background: The prognostic impact of microvascular status in patients with high fractional
flow reserve (FFR) is not clear. Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the …

Physiological assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) has become one of the
cornerstones of decision making for myocardial revascularization, with a large body of …

Objectives: This study sought to compare Doppler flow velocity reserve (CFRDoppl) and
thermodilution-derived coronary flow reserve (CFRthermo) head-to-head with the gold …

Objectives”, explains how to select and use various test methods for evaluating disease
states, the prognosis, and the effects of treatment. References to the literature published …

Objectives We aimed to develop a novel wire‐and adenosine‐free microcirculatory resistive
index from functional angiography (angio‐IMR) to estimate coronary microcirculatory …

Background—Coronary flow reserve has extensive validation as a prognostic marker in
coronary disease. Although pressure-only fractional flow reserve (FFR) improves outcomes …

Background In the absence of obstructive coronary stenoses, abnormality of noninvasive
stress tests (NIT) in patients with chronic coronary syndromes may indicate myocardial …