Autonomic changes associated with spontaneous coronary spasm in patients with variant angina

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1249-1256

  Lanza, Gaetano Antonio ^a   Pedrotti, Patrizia ^a   Pasceri, Vincenzo ^a   Lucente, Michele ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a   Maseri, Attilio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0030298052     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00309-9     Document Type: Article

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