Cardioesophageal reflex: A mechanism for "linked angina" in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1621-1628

  Chauhan, Anoop ^a,b   Mullins, Paul A ^a   Taylor, Ged ^a   Petch, Michael C ^a   Schofield, Peter M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Laurel Cardiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNDROME X; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX;

EID: 0029887134     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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