Angiographically assessed coronary collateral circulation increases vulnerability to myocardial ischemia during vasodilator stress testing

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1419-1424

  Gliozheni, Enri ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a,c   Bernardino, Leonel ^a,b   Pingitore, Alessandro ^a   Sicari, Rosa ^a   Marzilli, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO BERNARDO   (Portugal)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030589280     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89294-6     Document Type: Article

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