Publications by authors named "Awais Mir"
Am J Cardiol
January 2018
Article Synopsis
- The study compares two methods of measuring coronary microvascular resistance—Doppler-derived hyperemic microvascular resistance (hMR) and thermodilution-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR)—to see which is better at predicting microvascular dysfunction in patients with heart conditions.
- A total of 54 patients were analyzed, and results showed that hMR had significantly higher diagnostic accuracy than IMR, with better sensitivity and specificity for predicting coronary flow reserve and myocardial perfusion reserve index.
- The findings suggest that hMR and IMR only have a modest correlation and are not equivalent in measuring microvascular function, with hMR demonstrating a stronger relationship with other invasive and noninvasive measures
