Supraventricular arrhythmias are common and patients are often symptomatic, requiring
management with drugs and electrophysiological procedures. The ESC published management …

Background The clinical significance of the association between elevated anti–Chlamydia
pneumoniae (Cp) antibody titres and coronary heart disease (CHD) is unclear. We explored …

Syndrome X defines a group of patients who present with typical, usually exertional angina
pectoris and a normal coronary arteriogram. They often have a positive exercise test, but …

Originally described by Japanese authors in the 1990s, Takotsubo syndrome (TTS)
generally presents as an acute myocardial infarction characterized by severe left ventricular …

OBJECTIVES.: Our aim was to study the clinical characteristics and evolution of symptoms
and left ventricular function in a clinically homogeneous group of patients with syndrome X (…

Standardization of diagnostic criteria for ischemic symptoms due to coronary microvascular
dysfunction (CMD) is needed for further investigation of patients presenting with anginal …

The Coronary Vasomotion Disorders International Study Group (COVADIS) was established
to develop international standards for the diagnostic criteria of coronary vasomotor disorders…

Objectives : This study aimed at determining the prevalence of epicardial and microvascular
coronary spasm in patients with anginal symptoms, despite angiographically normal …

The notion of atherosclerosis as a chronic inflammatory disease has intensified research on
the role of cytokines and the way these molecules act and interact to initiate and sustain …

Background— Ischemia modified albumin (IMA; Ischemia Technologies, Inc) blood levels
rise in patients who develop ischemia during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It is …