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August 26, 2025LifeOpen Access

Impaired Coronary Microcirculation and Myocardial Systolic Function: A Narrative Review on Non-Invasive Assessment in Cardiovascular Diseases

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ETEvangelos TatsisCPConstantinos PapadopoulosDODimitrios Oikonomidis

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Overview

Review highlights imaging techniques for assessing coronary microvascular dysfunction and its impact on systolic function in cardiovascular diseases.

Key Points

  • Coronary microvascular dysfunction is linked to poorer cardiac outcomes, and assessing it non-invasively is challenging.
  • Different imaging modalities can quantify myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve, though each has limitations.
  • Several studies connect indices of coronary microvascular dysfunction with markers of systolic function like ejection fraction.
  • Understanding this connection suggests potential therapeutic strategies targeting coronary microcirculation impairment.

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Tatsis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af7dfe7567bf4f94ff552fhttps://doi.org/10.3390/life15091350
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