Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging
The ISCHEMIA trial is only the latest and most compelling link in a chain of evidence that suggests that myocardial ischaemia per se is not an appropriate treatment target for patients with stable coronary artery disease. This review is trying to make sense of the momentous and sometimes contradicto...
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doaj-525b8c101d2a4fc19adbcf2b843bcbc02021-05-24T10:55:08ZengMedia Med PublicisRomanian Journal of Cardiology1220-658X2734-63822021-03-0131139https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2021.31.1.3Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imagingAdrian Ionescu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-1538Morriston Cardiac Centre, Swansea Medical School, UKThe ISCHEMIA trial is only the latest and most compelling link in a chain of evidence that suggests that myocardial ischaemia per se is not an appropriate treatment target for patients with stable coronary artery disease. This review is trying to make sense of the momentous and sometimes contradictory recent developments in the space of imaging for myocardial ischaemia.https://www.romanianjournalcardiology.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RRC_art-2-1.pdfmyocardial ischaemiacoronary artery diseaseimaging |
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Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging |
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Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging |
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Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging |
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Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging |
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Strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging |
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strange times indeed: the evolving significance of myocardial ischaemia and the dwindling importance of functional imaging |
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Romanian Journal of Cardiology |
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The ISCHEMIA trial is only the latest and most compelling link in a chain of evidence that suggests that myocardial ischaemia per se is not an appropriate treatment target for patients with stable coronary artery disease. This review is trying to make sense of the momentous and sometimes contradictory recent developments in the space of imaging for myocardial ischaemia. |
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