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Abstract
The classic definition of cardiac syndrome X (CSX) seems inadequate both for clinical and research purposes and should be replaced with one aimed at including a sufficiently homogeneous group of patients with the common plausible pathophysiological mechanism of coronary microvascular dysfunction. More specifically, CSX should be defined as a form of stable effort angina, which, according to careful diagnostic investigation, can reasonably be attributed to abnormalities in the coronary microvascular circulation.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16399854 PMCID: PMC1861371 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067330
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Heart ISSN: 1355-6037 Impact factor: 5.994