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Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Cardiol. 2011 Aug;36(8):291–318. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2011.05.002

Table 3.

Clinical Techniques Frequently Utilized to Evaluate Functional Abnormalities in the Human Coronary Microvasculature.

Assessment of myocardial ischemia
Electrocardiograph (stress ECG test)
Positron emission tomography (metabolic tracers)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Transmyocardial metabolic studies
Myocardial perfusion techniques
Myocardial scintigraphy
Positron emission tomography (blood flow tracers)
Magnetic resonance imaging
Contrast echocardiography
Angiographic myocardial blush
Coronary blood flow techniques
Coronary sinus thermodilution
Intracoronary Doppler flowire
Angiographic frame count
Doppler echocardiography

Reproduced with permission from Beltrame JF, Crea F, Camici P. Advances in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2009;18(1):19–27.