Cardiac fibrosis (CF) is considered an ultimate common pathway of a wide variety of heart
diseases in response to diverse pathological and pathophysiological stimuli. Mitochondria …

In 2008, the Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of patients with vasospastic angina
(coronary spastic angina) 1 were developed by the Japanese Circulation Society, and the …

Coronary functional abnormalities are frequent causes of angina pectoris, particularly in
patients with unobstructed coronary arteries. There is a spectrum of endotypes of functional …

Background: In the clinical setting; the microvascular vasodilatory function test (MVFT) with a
pressure wire has been used in ischaemia patients with non-obstructive coronary arteries …

Background Functional coronary disorders such as coronary spasm and microvascular
dysfunction (including microvascular spasm and impaired microvascular dilatation) are …

目的探讨变异型心绞痛的临床特点, 以期提高对该病的诊疗与认识. 方法回顾性分析1
例由光学相干断层成像指导治疗的变异型心绞痛患者临床资料, 并以“变异型心绞痛” …

In the healthy heart, myocardial oxygen supply is regulated through coronary blood flow by
autoregulation of coronary resistance. Hereby, coronary microvascular tone is of particular …

We herein report a case of a 56-year-old woman with angina pectoris. She visited our
emergency room because of chest pain. She finally underwent emergency percutaneous …

Approximately 70% in women and 50% in men who undergo coronary angiography due to
chest pain and the evidence of myocardial ischemia do not have a significant epicardial …

In this issue of the IJC, authors of the manuscript entitled “Prevalence and disease features
of myocardial ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries: insights from a dynamic CT …