INOCA: Ischemia in non-obstructive coronary arteries

Shereen AlShaikh; Charlene L Rohm; Nadia R Sutton; Sonya N Burgess; Mirvat Alasnag

doi:10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100391

INOCA: Ischemia in non-obstructive coronary arteries

Am Heart J Plus. 2024 Apr 16:42:100391. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100391. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Authors

Shereen AlShaikh¹, Charlene L Rohm², Nadia R Sutton^{2

3}, Sonya N Burgess⁴, Mirvat Alasnag⁵

Affiliations

¹ Adult Cardiology Department, Mohammed bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre, Riffa, Bahrain.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
⁴ Cardiology Department, University of Sydney and Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Cardiac Center, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

This article provides a summary of the clinical spectrum of no obstructive coronary arteries. We describe the pathologies, invasive and noninvasive assessment, and management strategies.

Keywords: Cardiac imaging; Epicardial coronary arteries; Functional testing; Intracoronary imaging; Ischemia.