Microvascular resistance reserve: a reference test of the coronary microcirculation?

Stefano Rigattieri; Emanuele Barbato; Colin Berry

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehad291

Microvascular resistance reserve: a reference test of the coronary microcirculation?

Eur Heart J. 2023 Aug 7;44(30):2870-2872. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad291.

Authors

Stefano Rigattieri¹, Emanuele Barbato^{1

2}, Colin Berry^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
⁴ NHS Golden Jubilee hospital, Agamemnon Street, Clydebank, UK.

PMID: 37358487
PMCID: PMC10406335 (available on 2024-06-26)
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad291

Abstract

Graphical Abstract

Diagnostic and prognostic characteristics of currently invasive coronary physiology indices. FFR, fractional flow reserve; iFR, instantaneous wave-free ratio; RFR, resting full-cycle ratio; DFR, diastolic hyperaemia-free ratio; IMR, index of microcirculatory resistance; RRR, resistive reserve ratio; HMR, hyperaemic microvascular resistance; AMR, absolute microvascular resistance; MRR, microvascular resistance reserve.

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Coronary Circulation*
Heart*
Humans
Microcirculation
Prognosis

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