The role of microvascular coronary dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction

Andreas J. Flammer; Bernard J. Gersh; Amir Lerman

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4838-8_17

The role of microvascular coronary dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction

Andreas J. Flammer, Bernard J. Gersh, Amir Lerman

Cardiovascular Medicine

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The role of the coronary microcirculation in acute myocardial infarction is not yet completely understood. Microcirculatory coronary dysfunction can be a consequence of the primary event secondary to a severe flow-limiting lesion or occlusion in an epicardial infarct-related artery - or alternatively microcirculatory coronary dysfunction may be a contributor to the clinical course of the coronary event. The aim of this chapter is (1) to provide the reader with essential information about the physiology of microvascular coronary dysfunction in the context of acute myocardial infarction, (2) to describe the different viewpoints concerning causality in addition to the consequences of microvascular coronary dysfunction in myocardial infarction and to (3) discuss the impact of microvascular coronary dysfunction on patient' management and therapy.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Chest Pain with Normal Coronary Arteries: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Publisher	Springer-Verlag London Ltd
Pages	173-186
Number of pages	14
Volume	9781447148388
ISBN (Print)	9781447148388, 1447148371, 9781447148371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4838-8_17
State	Published - Sep 1 2013

Keywords

Acute myocardial infarction
Microcirculation
Microvascular coronary dysfunction

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Medicine(all)

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