The vascular function of the long-term coronary artery after Kawasaki disease - Evaluation by intracoronary injection of acetylcholine

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Yamakawa, Rumi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; atherosclerosis; coronary aneurysm; coronary artery disease; endothelium; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACARDIAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030956957     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.44.7     Document Type: Article

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