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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Microvascular angina is a significant health problem that confers risk for major adverse CV events, according to ...

New research provides robust evidence that cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can noninvasively and accurately detect microvascular coronary obstruction in patients with angina. In the first of two ...

For the first time, a prospective, international study has shown that chest pain caused by problems with the very small vessels supplying blood to the heart is an important health problem that ...

A percutaneous dose of CD34-positive cells appeared to ease ischemia and improve symptoms in coronary microvascular dysfunction, the ESCaPE-CMD pilot study showed. Microvascular function as measured ...

Although the origin of cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is still debated, endothelial dysfunction leading to reduced coronary microvascular dilatory response and increased coronary resistance is thought to ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Patients presenting with chest pain and a positive stress test but no sign of obstructive coronary disease pose a quandary for physicians and frustration for the patients themselves. Now ...

Between 10% and 30% of patients who undergo diagnostic coronary angiography because of typical symptoms of angina pectoris are found to have “normal” or “near normal” epicardial coronary arteries. Of ...

Once considered a mysterious “black box” problem, sometimes known as syndrome X, angina without focal obstruction in the large coronary arteries is not a benign condition and should prompt aggressive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — In the first randomized trial of a therapy for treatment of patients with angina and nonobstructive ...

Angina is a heart condition that causes temporary pain or an uncomfortable feeling in the chest. It often occurs during exercise but can also be triggered by anxiety, stress, eating a large meal, or ...