European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on June 7, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(15):1884; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl077
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Dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary flow reserve
Division of Cardiology
Department of Cardiological, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences
Centro V. Gallucci
University of Padova-Policlinico
Via Giustiniani, 2
35128 Padova
Italy
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We read with interest the article by Rigo et al.1 about the prognostic impact of coronary flow reserve (CFR) by Doppler echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy. The authors conclude that in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, the prognostic role of impaired microvascular CFR has been shown to be unfavourable. In our opinion, some points of