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Abstract Angina pectoris is a frequent symptom in patients with hypertensive LVH despite normal epicardial coronary arteries. One of the supposed mechanisms of occurrence of chest pain in those patients is the impairment of CFR. Coronary flow reserve is defined as the difference between maximal and baseline coronary flow. 45 hypertensive subjects were selected to enter our study and were subjected to the following : 1. History and clinical examination 2. 12 leads ECG 3. Transthoracic echocardiography.4. Coronary angiography 5. Transoesophageal echocardiography, According to the results of coronary angiography we excluded 5 patients due to presence of significant coronary lesions. |