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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Apr;9(4):421–435. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.01.004

CENTRAL ILLUSTRATION. A Working Model of Imaging Targets Identifying Ischemic Heart Disease Risk in Women.

CENTRAL ILLUSTRATION

Potential influential factors contributing to high rates of nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in women. Investigations have implicated altered flow reserve and provocative ischemia as determinants of risk, even in women with nonobstructive CAD. Other factors may further refine risk including scarring and unrecognized myocardial infarction. Each of these proposed parameters may differentially affect short- or long-term outcomes in women.