Coronary microcirculatory blood flow significantly increases upon acute and chronic cholesterol lowering. Evaluation by cadmium-zinc-telluride cardiac imaging stress test

Abstract

Background and Aims : Aim of this pilot study was to evaluate, in patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia disease, the impact of the lipid lowering approach on coronary endothelium, by the quantification of the absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) and the coronary flow reserve (CFR), before and after treatment.