title: Response to letter regarding article, "Thermodilution-derived coronary blood flow pattern immediately after coronary intervention as a predictor of microcirculatory damage and midterm clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction".
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Daizo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Koujiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamaru
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaku
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirokuni
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akahori
authors.affiliation: Division of Coronary Heart Disease, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Motomaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masutani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Coronary Heart Disease, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsumasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohyanagi
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuyama
mesh_terms: D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology*