Small artery structural alterations of patients with microvascular angina (Syndrome X)

Clinical Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 739-743

  Bund, S J ^a   Tweddel, A ^b   Hutton, I ^c   Heagerty, A M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Artery; Bradykinin; Endothelium; Morphology; Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; FORSKOLIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SYNDROME X; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING;

EID: 0029831709     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0910739     Document Type: Article

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