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Echocardiographic assessment of coronary microvascular dysfunction: Basic concepts, technical aspects, and clinical settings

Matteo CameliVincenzo EvolaFlavio D'ascenziAntonello D'andreaAlessandro MalagoliErcole TagliamonteGiulia Elena MandoliFrancesco BanderaAndreina CarboneEduardo BossoneDoralisa MorroneCiro SantoroSimona Sperlongano

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medicine.medical_specialtyMyocardial ischemiacoronary flow reservecoronary physiologyMyocardial IschemiaReviewsClinical settingsReview030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyDoppler echocardiographycoronary flow reserve; coronary microvascular dysfunction; coronary physiology; Doppler echocardiography; microcirculation; Blood Flow Velocity; Coronary Circulation; Echocardiography; Echocardiography Doppler; Humans; Microcirculation; Coronary Vessels; Myocardial IschemiaMicrocirculation03 medical and health sciencesCoronary circulation0302 clinical medicineCoronary CirculationInternal medicineHumansMedicineRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging030212 general & internal medicineCoronary Vesselcoronary microvascular dysfunctionmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryMicrocirculationDopplerCoronary flow reserveBlood flowCoronary VesselsDoppler echocardiographyEchocardiography Dopplermedicine.anatomical_structureEchocardiographyCardiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessCoronary physiologyBlood Flow VelocityHuman

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Abstract Coronary flow reserve is the capacity of the coronary circulation to augment the blood flow in response an increase in myocardial metabolic demands and has a powerful prognostic significance in different clinical situations. It might assess with invasive and noninvasive technique. Transthoracic echocardiography Doppler is an emerging diagnostic technique, noninvasive, highly feasible, safe for patient and physician, without radiation, and able to detect macrovascular and microvascular anomalies in the coronary circulation. This review aims to describe the benefit and limits of echocardiographic assessment of coronary flow reserve.

https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15059