Invasive coronary microcirculation assessment during myocardial infarction: one step forward or two steps back?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Nov 4;64(18):1905-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.08.028. Epub 2014 Oct 27.

Authors

Gilles Rioufol¹, Gérard Finet²

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 and CARMEN INSERM 1060, Bron, France. Electronic address: gilles.rioufol@univ-lyon1.fr.
² Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 and CARMEN INSERM 1060, Bron, France.

PMID: 25444144
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.08.028

No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; index of microvascular resistance; myocardial microcirculation.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Coronary Occlusion / physiopathology*
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Microcirculation / physiology*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology*
Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
Vascular Resistance / physiology*