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Coronary artery disease (CAD) can be divided into macrovascular and microvascular disease, both different manifestations of atherosclerosis. Macrovascular CAD, i.e. obstructive CAD of epicardial coronary arteries have traditionally been the focus of CAD treatment. Microvascular circulation, on the
A chronic total occlusion (CTO) is observed in up to (1) 30 % of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography. The presence of a CTO is associated with worse outcome compared to non-occlusive coronary artery disease.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) treatment of CTO lesions has gained
Myocardial perfusion reserve is the ratio of global myocardial blood flow at stress vs. rest. Traditionally, it has been measured non-invasively using quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) or cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Several recent studies have suggested that measurement of
Cardiac rubidium-82(Rb-82)and N-13 ammonia heart perfusion (blood flow) studies and florine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18FDG) heart PET glucose metabolism studies are important tools for evaluating patients with coronary heart disease.
This includes patients with known or suspected heart disease and