In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), we sought to demonstrate normal myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial oxygen consumption (MMRO(2)) to post-ischemic myocardium that exhibited reversible dysfunction and the relation between the severity of the dysfunction and the preceding ischemia.
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Division of Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.