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Background: Cardiac syndrome X is defined by a typical angina pectoris with normal or near normal (stenosis <40%) coronary angiogram with or without electrocardiogram (ECG) change or atypical angina ...

More than three-quarters of patients with angina but no obstructive CAD have occult coronary abnormalities such as endothelial dysfunction or microvascular impairment, according to a study published ...

Cardiac syndrome X, a special subform of non-cardiac chest pain with abnormal electrocardiographic but normal coronary angiogram, originates mostly from disorders of the esophagus and stomach. A ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Abnormal Stress Test Results?' &#151; -- Question: What happens when I get an abnormal result on my stress test? Answer: I kind of think of the results of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stress tests are a thing of the past. Make way for coronary CT angiography. Wide-eyed medical students might ...

Introduction: Functional testing by stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and anatomical imaging by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) are often used interchangeably in the initial ...

A type of cardiovascular disease known to physicians as microvascular angina affects the heart’s tiniest arteries and causes chest pain. The disease is sneaky, in that it doesn’t show up on ...

TCT 275: FANTOM II Long Lesion Study: Initial Safety & Performance Study of the Fantom Sirolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold in Long Lesions – First Report: 1 Year Outcomes Receive the the ...

Coronary CT angiography (CTA) images (left side, A and B) and corresponding derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) (right side, A and B). The location 2-cm distal to stenosis is manually delineated and ...