Coronary microvascular dysfunction

PG Camici, F Crea - New England Journal of Medicine, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
This review discusses the pathogenesis and management of coronary microvascular
dysfunction. Factors to consider in clinical management are the cause of the dysfunction and …

Myocardial blood flow measurement by PET: technical aspects and clinical applications

PA Kaufmann, PG Camici - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The availability of plastic microspheres labeled with different-emitting isotopes has allowed
the quantification of blood flow in different organs, including the heart (1). In the past 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical quantification of myocardial blood flow using PET: joint position paper of the SNMMI cardiovascular council and the ASNC

VL Murthy, TM Bateman, RS Beanlands, DS Berman… - 2018 - Springer
Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is among the most commonly performed
diagnostic tests in cardiology. Although the diagnostic and prognostic applications of …

Coronary flow reserve: measurement with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography is reproducible and comparable with positron emission tomography

M Saraste, JW Koskenvuo, J Knuuti… - Clinical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Detection of early vascular changes indicated by lowered coronary flow reserve (CFR)
would allow early treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was …

Myocardial ischaemia in children with isolated ventricular non-compaction

G Junga, S Kneifel, A Smekal, H Steinert… - European heart …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Aims Isolated ventricular non-compaction is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy with a high
morbidity and mortality due to malignant arrhythmias and pump failure. Areas affected by …

Reduction of coronary flow reserve in areas with and without ischemia on stress perfusion imaging in patients with coronary artery disease: a study using oxygen 15 …

K Yoshinaga, C Katoh, K Noriyasu, Y Iwado… - Journal of nuclear …, 2003 - Springer
Background Myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
occasionally fails to detect coronary stenosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic reversible left ventricular dysfunction due to coronary artery disease (hibernating myocardium)

PG Camici, W Wijns, M Borgers, R De Silva, R Ferrari… - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
The long-term consequences of CAD remain a prominent clinical problem. Particularly with
new therapeutic strategies that reduce the mortality associated with acute coronary …

Current perspectives in coronary microvascular dysfunction

JS Shome, D Perera, S Plein, A Chiribiri - Microcirculation, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The coronary arterial system consists of large epicardial coronary arteries, pre‐arterioles,
and arterioles, which together closely regulate CBF. Structural, functional, and extravascular …

Measurement of myocardial blood flow with oxygen-15 labelled water: comparison of different administration protocols

F Hermansen, SD Rosen, F Fath-Ordoubadi… - European journal of …, 1998 - Springer
Positron emission tomography (PET) in conjunction with C 15 O 2 or H 2 15 O can be used
to measure myocardial blood flow (MBF) and tissue fraction (TF), ie the fraction of the tissue …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of myocardial blood flow quantitation with PET on the understanding of cardiac diseases

PG Camici, RJ Gropler, T Jones, A L'Abbate… - European heart …, 1996 - academia.edu
The regulation of myocardial blood flow in patients with cardiac diseases is a complex
phenomenon which depends on coronary perfusion pressure, the presence of …