Non-obstructive coronary artery disease can no longer be ignored. Link to editorial on European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Imaging Authors Marc R Dweck, David E Newby Abstract Historically, coronary artery disease has been defined by the presence of an obstructive coronary artery stenosis in one or more coronary vessels, with the majority of our current treatment strategies based around this paradigm: the removal of obstruction to treat angina & to prevent myocardial infarction. However, many randomized controlled trials have consistently demonstrated that alleviating ischaemia by removal of flow obstruction with percutaneous coronary intervention does ... Read more in the editorial in European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Imaging Keywords Coronary artery disease Coronary artery stenosis Myocardial infarction Percutaneous coronary intervention Related links Link to paper on European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Imaging Dr Marc Dweck Professor David Newby Coronary artery disease Publication date 15 Apr, 2020
