Reduced global myocardial perfusion reserve in DCM and HCM patients assessed by CMR-based velocity-encoded coronary sinus flow measurements and first-pass perfusion imaging.
Michael BietenbeckAnca FlorianZornitsa ShomanovaClaudia MeierAli YilmazPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2018)
The presence of microvascular disease can be non-invasively and quickly detected by VENC-based CSF-MPR measurements during routine stress perfusion CMR in both HCM and DCM patients. Compared to conventional 1P-MPI, VENC-based CSF-MPR is particularly useful in DCM patients with thinned ventricular walls.