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By Mayo Clinic staffSmall vessel disease, also known as coronary microvascular disease or small vessel heart disease, is a condition in which the small arteries in the heart become narrowed. Small vessel disease causes signs and symptoms of heart disease, such as chest pain (angina). Small vessel disease is usually diagnosed after a doctor checks for blockages in the main arteries of the heart that cause coronary artery disease, but finds little or no narrowing and your symptoms persist.
Although anyone can have small vessel disease, it's more common in women and in people who have diabetes. Small vessel disease is treatable, but can be difficult to detect.
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- Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource. "Small vessel heart disease." February 2008. Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 1-2
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