Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Assessed by Intracoronary Acetylcholine Provocation Testing Is a Frequent Cause of Ischemia and Angina in Patients With Exercise‐Induced Electrocardiographic Changes and Unobstructed Coronary Arteries

ConclusionsCoronary microvascular dysfunction is frequently found in patients with exertional angina pectoris and unobstructed coronary arteries. Such a finding is found significantly more often in presence of a pathologic exercise ECG.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - April 9, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Peter Ong, Anastasios Athanasiadis, Stephan Hill, Tim Schäufele, Heiko Mahrholdt, Udo Sechtem Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research