Why the study?
Does Doppler-derived hyperemic microvascular resistance (hMR) improve diagnostic accuracy compared to thermodilution-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) for predicting microvascular dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction or stable angina?
Population
54 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for stable coronary artery disease or acute myocardial…
Comparison
Doppler-derived hyperemic microvascular resistance vs Thermodilution-derived index of microcirculatory…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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hMR may enhance microvascular dysfunction detection versus IMR; leaves open its clinical adoption pending prospective outcome studies.
Does Doppler-derived hyperemic microvascular resistance (hMR) improve diagnostic accuracy compared to thermodilution-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) for predicting microvascular dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction or stable angina?
Doppler-derived hyperemic microvascular resistance (hMR) provides better diagnostic accuracy than thermodilution-derived IMR for predicting microvascular dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease.
Williams et al. (2017) studied this question.
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