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This chapter reviews the main noninvasive (TTDE, myocardial contrast echocardiography, PET, and CMR) and invasive (thermodilution, gas wash-out method, intracoronary Doppler recording) methods and techniques proposed to assess coronary microvascular function in the clinical setting and to identify the various mechanisms of CMD. Pros and cons of each method are discussed and compared.

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Crea, F., Lanza, G.A., Camici, P.G. (2014). Methods to Assess Coronary Microvascular Function. In: Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5367-0_3

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