title: Methods to investigate coronary microvascular function in clinical practice.
abstract: A growing amount of data is increasingly showing the relevance of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMVD) in several clinical contexts. This article reviews techniques and clinical investigations of the main noninvasive and invasive methods proposed to study coronary microcirculation and to identify CMVD in the presence of normal coronary arteries, also trying to provide indications for their application in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. g.a.lanza@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Gaetano A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: Paolo G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Camici
authors.forename: Leonarda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galiuto
authors.forename: Giampaolo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Niccoli
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Monaco
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sestito
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscione
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tritto
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bugiardini
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Crea
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzilli
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*