Coronary endothelial dysfunction after Kawasaki disease: Evaluation by intracoronary injection of acetylcholine

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1074-1080

  Yamakawa, Rumi ^a   Ishii, Masahiro ^a   Sugimura, Tetsu ^a   Akagi, Teiji ^a   Eto, Genzyu ^a   Iemura, Motohumi ^a   Tsutsumi, Takahiro ^a   Kato, Hirohisa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADOLESCENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032053768     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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