Current perspectives in coronary microvascular dysfunction

Microcirculation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shome, Joy S ^a   Perera, Divaka ^a   Plein, Sven ^a,b   Chiribiri, Amedeo ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microvascular ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA STENOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDITIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 85010878216     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12340     Document Type: Review

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