Open AccessStrange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging
Author(s) -
Adrian Ionescu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2734-6382
pISSN - 1220-658X
DOI - 10.47803/rjc.2021.31.1.3
Subject(s) - myocardial ischaemia , ischemia , cardiology , myocardial ischemia , medicine , coronary artery disease
The ISCHEMIA trial is only the latest and most compelling link in a chain of evidence that suggests that myocardial ischaemia per se is not an appropriate treatment target for patients with stable coronary artery disease. This review is trying to make sense of the momentous and sometimes contradictory recent developments in the space of imaging for myocardial ischaemia.