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 …

Persistence or recurrence of angina after a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may
affect about 20–40% of patients during short–medium-term follow-up. This appears to be …

The coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) is a poorly recognized clinical entity
characterized by delayed distal vessel opacification in the absence of epicardial coronary …

Beyond its hemodynamic function, the heart also acts as a neuroendocrine and
immunoregulatory organ. A dynamic communication between the heart and other organs …

Aims Cardiac power output to left ventricular mass (power/mass) is an index of myocardial
efficiency reflecting the rate at which cardiac work is delivered with respect to the potential …

Purpose Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) of the left anterior descending artery is
useful for risk stratification during stress echocardiography (SE) as an add-on to regional …

Aims The aim of the study was to assess the additive prognostic value of coronary flow
velocity reserve (CFVR) alongside wall motion analysis during exercise echocardiography …

Background Previous studies have suggested a decline in positivity of stress cardiac
imaging, suggesting the need for developing better strategies for test selection to achieve …

Background The pressure-derived parameters fractional flow reserve (FFR) and the
emerging instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) are the most widely applied invasive coronary …

A lot of people with coronary artery disease do not have specific symptoms, and myocardial
infarction or death are the first manifestation of the disease. New accurate, non-invasive and …