Response to letter from Picichè: The microvascular network connecting extracardiac arteries to the heart

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: peter.ong@rbk.de.
² Vita Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany.
⁷ Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
⁸ Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Comment

Peter Ong et al. Int J Cardiol. 2018.

. 2018 May 15:259:56.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.088.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: peter.ong@rbk.de.
² Vita Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany.
⁷ Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
⁸ Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Angina pectoris; Coronary microvascular dysfunction; Coronary vasomotor disorders; Refractory angina.

Comment on

International standardization of diagnostic criteria for microvascular angina.
Ong P, Camici PG, Beltrame JF, Crea F, Shimokawa H, Sechtem U, Kaski JC, Bairey Merz CN; Coronary Vasomotion Disorders International Study Group (COVADIS). Ong P, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jan 1;250:16-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.08.068. Epub 2017 Sep 8. Int J Cardiol. 2018. PMID: 29031990 Review.
The microvascular network connecting extracardiac arteries to the heart.
Picichè M. Picichè M. Int J Cardiol. 2018 May 15;259:55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.052. Int J Cardiol. 2018. PMID: 29579612 No abstract available.