Finally, she was referred to the University of Floridas Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, which happened to be conducting the WISE study — and she was diagnosed with
coronary microvascular syndrome.
Next Page: Get the right diagnosis [pagebreak] Get the right diagnosis Shortly after suffering her second heart attack on the ice, Toshawa Andrews, a figure skater from Los Angeles was finally diagnosed with a type of CAD called
coronary microvascular dysfunction.
Doctors can detect
coronary microvascular syndrome if they perform a special type of angiogram, says Dr. Bairey Merz, who is working to develop new noninvasive tests for the syndrome.
What is
coronary microvascular disease?