Coronary microvascular dysfunction in Takotsubo syndrome: an analysis using angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance.

Victor SchweigerThomas GilhoferRick FangAlessandro CandrevaBurkhardt SeifertDavide Di VeceMichael WuerdingerIva KolevaKatja RajmanMaciej CieslikAlexander GotschyJonathan MichelJulia StehliDavid NiederseerLinn RybergJelena GhadriFrank RuschitzkaBarbara StähliVictoria Lucia CammannChristian Templin

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2023)

TTS patients had evidence of elevated caIMR in at least one coronary artery with a trend towards higher LAD caIMR in apical type TTS and normalization after recovery. Furthermore, extent of caIMR elevation was associated with increased risk of in-hospital MACE of TTS patients.

Keyphrases

coronary artery
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
coronary artery disease
computed tomography
oxidative stress
emergency department
pulmonary artery
aortic stenosis
atrial fibrillation
pulmonary arterial hypertension
pulmonary hypertension