Pilot Study of Supervised Exercise and Intensive Medical Therapy in Patients With Ischemia With No Evidence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

Christopher L Schumann; Zachariah B Nealy; Roshin C Mathew; Yang Yang; Pelbreton C Balfour Jr; Peter W Shaw; Michael Salerno; Christopher M Kramer; Jamieson M Bourque

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.038

Pilot Study of Supervised Exercise and Intensive Medical Therapy in Patients With Ischemia With No Evidence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

Am J Cardiol. 2024 Mar 1:214:142-143. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.038. Epub 2024 Jan 4.

Authors

Christopher L Schumann¹, Zachariah B Nealy², Roshin C Mathew³, Yang Yang⁴, Pelbreton C Balfour Jr⁵, Peter W Shaw⁶, Michael Salerno⁷, Christopher M Kramer⁸, Jamieson M Bourque⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; The Cardiac Imaging Center; Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; The Cardiac Imaging Center; Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: qqu7xd@uvahealth.org.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; The Cardiac Imaging Center.
⁴ Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute; Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁵ Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute and Cardiology Consultants, Pensacola, Florida.
⁶ Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
⁸ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.

PMID: 38181860
PMCID: PMC11095045 (available on 2025-03-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.038

No abstract available

Keywords: Seattle angina questionnaire; cardiac MRI; coronary microvascular dysfunction; ischemia with no coronary artery disease; moderate intensity aerobic exercise; myocardial perfusion reserve.

MeSH terms

Angina Pectoris
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease* / complications
Coronary Artery Disease* / therapy
Coronary Circulation
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Ischemia
Microcirculation
Microvascular Angina*
Myocardial Ischemia* / complications
Myocardial Ischemia* / therapy
Pilot Projects

MeSH terms

Grants and funding