Hemodialysis patients without significant epicardial coronary stenosis may still exhibit impaired coronary flow reserve and early diastolic dysfunction, suggesting underlying microvascular and myocardial damage.
May indicate microvascular dysfunction in hemodialysis patients without epicardial stenosis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
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