Coronary flow reserve is the capacity of the coronary circulation to augment the blood flow in response an increase in myocardial metabolic demands and has a powerful prognostic significance in different clinical situations. It might assess with invasive and noninvasive technique. Transthoracic echocardiography Doppler is an emerging diagnostic technique, noninvasive, highly feasible, safe for patient and physician, without radiation, and able to detect macrovascular and microvascular anomalies in the coronary circulation. This review aims to describe the benefit and limits of echocardiographic assessment of coronary flow reserve.

Echocardiographic assessment of coronary microvascular dysfunction: Basic concepts, technical aspects, and clinical settings / A. Carbone, A. D'Andrea, S. Sperlongano, E. Tagliamonte, G.E. Mandoli, C. Santoro, V. Evola, F. Bandera, D. Morrone, A. Malagoli, F. D'Ascenzi, E. Bossone, M. Cameli. - In: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. - ISSN 0742-2822. - 38:6(2021), pp. 993-1001. [10.1111/echo.15059]

Echocardiographic assessment of coronary microvascular dysfunction: Basic concepts, technical aspects, and clinical settings

F. Bandera;E. Bossone;
2021

Abstract

Coronary flow reserve is the capacity of the coronary circulation to augment the blood flow in response an increase in myocardial metabolic demands and has a powerful prognostic significance in different clinical situations. It might assess with invasive and noninvasive technique. Transthoracic echocardiography Doppler is an emerging diagnostic technique, noninvasive, highly feasible, safe for patient and physician, without radiation, and able to detect macrovascular and microvascular anomalies in the coronary circulation. This review aims to describe the benefit and limits of echocardiographic assessment of coronary flow reserve.
coronary flow reserve; coronary microvascular dysfunction; coronary physiology; Doppler echocardiography; microcirculation; Blood Flow Velocity; Coronary Circulation; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; Humans; Microcirculation; Coronary Vessels; Myocardial Ischemia
Settore MED/11 - Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare
2021
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