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Prognostic Links Between OCT-Delineated Coronary Morphologies and Coronary Functional Abnormalities in Patients With INOCA

Authors: Kensuke Nishimiya, Akira Suda, Kento Fukui, Kiyotaka Hao, Jun Takahashi, Yasuharu Matsumoto, Kiyoto Mitsuishi, Tasuku Watanabe, Kazuma Ohyama, Jun Sugisawa, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Koichi Satoh, Tomohiko Shindo Shigeo Godo, Yoku Kikuchi, Takashi Shiroto, Satoshi Yasuda, Hiroaki Shimokawa. 

Lay summary: OCT studies demonstrate that there are close links between coronary functional dysfunction and  coronary morphological changes.   

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936879820325012?via%3Dihub

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Optimal Use of Vasodilators for Diagnosis of Microvascular Angina in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Haseeb Rahman, PhD, Ozan M. Demir, MBBS, Matthew Ryan, MBChB, Hannah McConkey, MBBS, Cian Scannell, MRes, Howard Ellis, BSc, Andrew Webb, PhD, Amedeo Chiribiri, PhD, and Divaka Perera, MD
Lay Summary – Investigating how the use of certain drugs in testing, can help accurate diagnosis and inform treatment.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.009019

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An EAPCI Expert Consensus Document on Ischaemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in Collaboration with European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology & Microcirculation Endorsed by Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study Group

Vijay Kunadian, Alaide Chieffo, Paolo G Camici, Colin Berry, Javier Escaned, Angela H E M Maas, Eva Prescott, Nicole Karam, Yolande Appelman, Chiara Fraccaro, Gill Louise Buchanan, Stephane Manzo-Silberman, Rasha Al-Lamee, Evelyn Regar, Alexandra Lansky, J Dawn Abbott, Lina Badimon, Dirk J Duncker, Roxana Mehran, Davide Capodanno, Andreas Baumbach
Lay Summary – 2020 Expert Consensus Document. Definition, diagnosis, treatment & prognosis
EUROIntervention –
https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/doi/10.4244/EIJY20M07_01