🫀 Hidden. Dangerous. Overlooked: Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

🫀 Coronary microvascular dysfunction is no longer a "hidden" diagnosis.   The new FLOW-CMD Registry published in The Lancet demonstrates that coronary microvascular dysfunction frequently coexists with obstructive coronary artery disease and significantly increases adverse cardiovascular outcomes.   Patients with CMD had: ⚠️ Higher cardiac death ⚠️ More repeat revascularization ⚠️ Increased heart failure hospitalization risk   This study reminds us that ischemic heart disease is more than epicardial stenosis alone. Coronary physiology — CFR, IMR, and FFR — may reshape future risk stratification and management.   🎙️ Featured on Dr RR Baliga's Podkast for the Kurious Doc: Where Curiosity Meets Clarity!   #Cardiology #CoronaryMicrovascularDysfunction #InterventionalCardiology #HeartFailure #MedicalPodcasts