
Management options for coronary microvascular dysfunction: Present status and future perspectives
Author(s) -
S.R. Mittal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and preventive cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2456-3366
pISSN - 2250-3528
DOI - 10.4103/2250-3528.184011
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , intensive care medicine
Coronary micro vessels are not visible on coronary angiography. These include prearterioles, arterioles, and capillaries. Significant number of patients of angina have coronary microvascular dysfunction alone or in combination with stenosis and/or spasm of epicardial coronary arteries. Its management is challenging. Several different therapeutic options have been tried with variable success. The present review provides overview of the available evidence with various therapeutic modalities for the treatment of microvascular angina