Regional coronary flow and contractile reserve in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
Emmanuel I. Skalidis, MD,
Frangiskos I. Parthenakis, MD,
Alexandros P. Patrianakos, MD,
Michael I. Hamilos, MD and
Panos E. Vardas, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC*
Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece

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Figure 1 Regional contractile reserve ( -WMSI) plotted against coronary flow reserve (CFR) for the left anterior descending coronary artery territory (LAD).
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Figure 2 Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) plotted against coronary flow reserve (CFR) for the left anterior descending coronary artery territory (LAD).
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Figure 3 Regional contractile reserve ( -WMSI) plotted against coronary flow reserve (CFR) for the left circumflex coronary artery territory (LCx).
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