Myocardial contrast echocardiography uses intravascular contrast agents that contain tracers. This modality can be used to assess microvascular perfusion (Figure 1), and hence has become the gold ...

VANCOUVER — Unobstructive and even obstructive CAD is fairly common at coronary computed-tomographic (CT) angiography in patients with suspected coronary disease but no modifiable CV risk factors, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of a filter-based distal protection device reduced the incidence of the no-reflow phenomenon and was ...

The coronary slow-flow phenomenon, defined as spontaneously delayed flow in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease, can be effectively treated with the channel-channel blocker nicardipine, ...

Coronary CT performed on a dual-source CT scanner demonstrated a highly positive and negative predictive value in determining significant coronary artery disease, study results suggested. The ...

Recent efforts to reduce the radiation dose delivered by coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) have yielded a safer version of the diagnostic technology, one that matches the sensitivity of ...