Coronary Functional Abnormalities in Patients With Angina and Non obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

Authors: Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Kiyotaka Hao, Yoku Kikuchi, Tomohiko Shindo, Shohei Ikeda, Koichi Sato, Jun Sugisawa, Yasuharu, Matsumoto, Satoshi Miyata, Yasuhiko Sakata, Hiroaki Shimokawa. 

Lay summary: Various types of coronary microvascular dysfunctions (CMD), such as epicardial coronary artery spasm, reduced coronary flow reserve, and increased coronary microcirculatory resistance, are frequently overlapped even in the same patient with poor long-term prognosis.

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.1056

Ref.: J Am CollCardiol. 2019;74(19):2350-2360.