Myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) assessment with non-
invasive techniques represent an important tool to evaluate both coronary artery disease …

Hypertensive heart disease (HHD) develops in response to the chronic exposure of the left
ventricle and left atrium to elevated systemic blood pressure. Left ventricular structural …

Abstract 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (NaF) represent emerging
PET tracers used to assess atherosclerosis-related inflammation and molecular calcification …

Background The purpose of this study was to assess the prognostic value of cardiac 82Rb
positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging in patients with …

Recognition of suspected ischaemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease–termed
INOCA–has increased over the past decades, with a key contributor being microvascular …

Arterial hypertension represents a systemic burden, and it is responsible of various
morphological, functional and tissue modifications affecting the heart and the cardiovascular …

Background: Arterial hypertension causes cardiac functional and structural alterations. In
hypertensive patients without flow-limiting epicardial coronary artery disease, we …

Необструктивное атеросклеротическое поражение коронарных артерий имеет в
целом благоприятный прогноз, однако ряд работ свидетельствуют, что при отсутствии …

To clarify prognosis of patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD) and
coronary microvascular disease (CMD) assessed as low coronary flow reserve (CFR) …

Non-obstructive coronary artery disease is generally considered as a favorable type of
pathology, however, a number of studies indicate that in non-obstructive atherosclerosis, the …