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What is the difference between coronary vasomotor dysfunction and coronary microvascular disease?
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Apples vs oranges: Coronary Vasomotor dysfxn has to do with autoreg of blood flow to the heart. This involves sympath / parasympathetic innervation of the heart from the brain stem. Coronary Microvascular dz specifically involves the meta-arterioles in the myocardium that regulate blood flow to a defined local area of the heart. Meta arterioles react to metabolic by-products opening or closing blood flow in that zo
Answered 1/12/2017
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