Acta Physiol Hung
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Clinical Trial
Does increased aortic stiffness predict reduced coronary flow velocity reserve in patients with suspected coronary artery disease?
In recent studies, reduction in coronary flow velocity reserve (CFR) has been demonstrated in patients with increased aortic stiffness. Stress transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a suitable method for the simultaneous evaluation of CFR and aortic stiffness parameters. The present study was designed to test whether increased echocardiography-derived aortic elastic modulus [E(p)] predicts impaired CFR in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). ⋯ Increased aortic stiffness predicts impaired CFR in patients with suspected CAD.