Sympathetic nerve activity in the spasm-induced coronary artery region is associated with disease activity of vasospastic angina

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 460-464

  Sakata, Kazuyuki ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshino, Tsuneo ^a   Kurata, Chinori ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030221176     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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