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Microvascular dysfunction in infiltrative cardiomyopathies

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Infiltrative heart diseases are characterized by myocardial tissue alterations leading to mechanical dysfunction which in turn develops into bi-ventricular congestive heart failure. Also the coronary microvasculature undergoes significant remodeling and dysfunction. The effects of the unbalance of the mechanical cross-talk between cardiac muscle and vessels and of the impairment of vasodilatory function can be measured non-invasively by means of positron emission tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance.

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Rimoldi, O., Maranta, F. Microvascular dysfunction in infiltrative cardiomyopathies. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 26, 200–207 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-0991-z

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