Alterations of the architecture of subendocardial arterioles in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and impaired coronary vasodilator reserve: A possible cause for myocardial ischemia

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1089-1096

  Schwartzkopff, Bodo ^a   Mundhenke, Markus ^a   Strauer, Bodo E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOLES; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0032053737     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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