The impact of overweight and obesity on Chinese coronary microvascular function by using quantitative 13N-ammonia PET/CT

Conclusions:Our study demonstrates that Chinese overweight and obese patients without obstructive coronary heart disease are at risk of coronary microvascular dysfunction and the BMI is independent risk factor of coronary microvascular dysfunction.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - May 14, 2020 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Wang, R., Wu, Z., Wu, P., LI, L., Li, S. Tags: Technical Considerations and Clinical Application of Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Source Type: research