Coronary Microvasculature: Are the Small and the Mighty Cross-Talking With the Epicardial Vessels?

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Oct 22;11(20):2069-2071. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.07.059.

Authors

Michel T Corban¹, Lilach O Lerman², Amir Lerman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: lerman.amir@mayo.edu.

PMID: 30336811
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.07.059

No abstract available

Keywords: atherogenesis; coronary microvascular dysfunction; coronary wall shear stress; impaired coronary vasomotion; plaque vulnerability.

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Constriction, Pathologic
Coronary Vessels
Humans
Microvessels
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Treatment Outcome