Coronary microvascular obstruction: the new frontier in cardioprotection

G Heusch - Basic Research in Cardiology, 2019 - Springer
Cardioprotection aims at infarct size reduction and improvement of clinical outcome from
myocardial infarction. The translation of cardioprotection from preclinical and promising …

Optimized treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the unmet need to target coronary microvascular obstruction as primary treatment goal to further improve …

G Niccoli, RA Montone, B Ibanez, H Thiele… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention is nowadays the preferred reperfusion strategy
for patients with acute ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction, aiming at restoring …

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 …

Functional coronary angiography–derived index of microcirculatory resistance in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

KH Choi, N Dai, YL Li, J Kim, D Shin, SH Lee… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic
implications of angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (angio-IMR) in …

Invasive assessment of the coronary microvasculature: the index of microcirculatory resistance

WF Fearon, Y Kobayashi - Circulation: Cardiovascular …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Traditionally, invasive coronary physiological assessment has focused on the epicardial
coronary artery. More recently, appreciation of the importance of the coronary …

“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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic value of structural and functional coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease; from the multicentre …

CKM Boerhout, GA de Waard, JM Lee… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is an important contributor to
angina syndromes. Recently, two distinct endotypes were identified using combined …

Angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (IMRangio) as a novel pressure-wire-free tool to assess coronary microvascular dysfunction in acute …

R Scarsini, M Shanmuganathan, RA Kotronias… - The international journal …, 2021 - Springer
To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of (1) hyperaemic angiography-derived index of
microcirculatory resistance (IMRangio) in defining coronary microvascular dysfunction …

[HTML][HTML] RETRACTED: Diagnosis of Microvascular Angina Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

A Liu, RS Wijesurendra, JM Liu, JC Forfar… - 2018 - Elsevier
The JACC Journals Ethics Board has voted to retract this paper, relying on the findings of
misconduct after an investigation by the University of Oxford (outlined below). The decision …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction assessed by pressure wire and CMR after STEMI predicts long-term outcomes

R Scarsini, M Shanmuganathan, GL De Maria… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives This study sought to evaluate the long-term prognostic implications of coronary
microvascular dysfunction (CMD) when assessed with both cardiovascular magnetic …