Cardiac syndrome X: a critical overview and future perspectives.

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.

SUBMITTER: Lanza GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1861371 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature