Non-invasive evaluation of the distal LAD flow could be helpful to differentiate TTC from AMI, and its combination with the pattern of WMA improved slightly its diagnostic accuracy. Furthermore, the acute CFR is less severely impaired in TTC compared with AMI despite poorer LV systolic dysfunction, suggesting that other mechanisms than direct microcirculatory damage are also involved in the pathogenesis of WMAs in TTC.
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