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SUBMITTER: Zorach B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5822618 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 20180222 1
<h4>Background</h4>Preliminary semi-quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) perfusion studies have demonstrated reduced myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) in patients with angina and risk factors for microvascular disease (MVD), however fully quantitative CMR has not been studied. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether fully quantitative CMR identifies reduced MPR in this population, and to investigate the relationship between epicardial atherosclerosis, left ventricular h ...[more]