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Table 2 Overview of outcome parameters considered in this systematic review

From: Evaluation of non-invasive imaging parameters in coronary microvascular disease: a systematic review

Imaging method

Parameters

Definition

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)

Myocardial perfusion reserve index (MPRI)

MBFstress/MBFrest * LV contrast signal intensity

Myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR)

MBFstress/MBFrest

Coronary flow reserve (corrected for rate pressure product) (CFR (corrected for RPP))

MBFstress/MBFrest * (HR * SBP/10.000)

Positron emmission tomography (PET)

Coronary flow reserve (corrected for rate pressure product) (CFR (corrected for RPP))

MBFstress/MBFrest * (HR * SBP/10.000)

Myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR)

MBFstress/MBFrest

Myocardial flow reserve (MFR)

MBFstress/MBFrest

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)

Coronary flow reserve (CFR)

MBFstress/MBFrest

Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR)

MBFstress/MBFrest

Coronary blood flow (CBF)

MBFstress/MBFrest

  1. HR heart rate, LV left ventricular, MBFrest myocardial blood flow in resting conditions, MBFstress myocardial blood flow during hyperemic circumstances, SBP systolic blood pressure