Ischemic heart disease pathophysiology paradigms overview: from plaque activation to microvascular dysfunction

P Severino, A D'Amato, M Pucci, F Infusino… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ischemic heart disease still represents a large burden on individuals and health care
resources worldwide. By conventions, it is equated with atherosclerotic plaque due to flow …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction

F Vancheri, G Longo, S Vancheri, M Henein - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many patients with chest pain undergoing coronary angiography do not show significant
obstructive coronary lesions. A substantial proportion of these patients have abnormalities in …

Microglia modulate blood flow, neurovascular coupling, and hypoperfusion via purinergic actions

E Császár, N Lénárt, C Cserép, Z Környei… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Disclosures: D. Máthé reported grants from European Union H2020 HCEMM-739593 and
from NRDIO, Hungary, TKP-BIOImaging-2020-4.1. 1-TKP2020 during the conduct of the …

ESC Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation position paper on 'coronary microvascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease'

T Padro, O Manfrini, R Bugiardini, J Canty… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Although myocardial ischaemia usually manifests as a consequence of atherosclerosis-
dependent obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease, a significant percentage of …

Brain microvascular pericytes in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

MT Uemura, T Maki, M Ihara, VMY Lee… - Frontiers in aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pericytes are unique, multi-functional mural cells localized at the abluminal side of the
perivascular space in microvessels. Originally discovered in 19th century, pericytes had …

Prevalence and significance of impaired microvascular tissue reperfusion despite macrovascular angiographic reperfusion (no-reflow)

FC Ng, L Churilov, N Yassi, TJ Kleinig, V Thijs, T Wu… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives The relevance of impaired microvascular tissue-level
reperfusion despite complete upstream macrovascular angiographic reperfusion (no-reflow) …

The coronary circulation in acute myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury: a target for cardioprotection

DJ Hausenloy, W Chilian, F Crea… - Cardiovascular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The coronary circulation is both culprit and victim of acute myocardial infarction. The rupture
of an epicardial atherosclerotic plaque with superimposed thrombosis causes coronary …

The critical role of spreading depolarizations in early brain injury: consensus and contention

RD Andrew, JA Hartings, C Ayata, KC Brennan… - Neurocritical care, 2022 - Springer
Background When a patient arrives in the emergency department following a stroke, a
traumatic brain injury, or sudden cardiac arrest, there is no therapeutic drug available to help …

Pathophysiology and diagnosis of coronary microvascular dysfunction in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

LSF Konijnenberg, P Damman… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Early mechanical reperfusion of the epicardial coronary artery by primary percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) is the guideline-recommended treatment for ST-elevation …

“No-reflow” phenomenon: A contemporary review

G Annibali, I Scrocca, TC Aranzulla, E Meliga… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Primary percutaneous angioplasty (pPCI), represents the reperfusion strategy of choice for
patients with STEMI according to current international guidelines of the European Society of …