Inappropriate microvascular constriction produced transient ST- segment elevation in patients with syndrome X

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1287-1294

  Murakami, Hironori ^a,b   Urabe, Kazuyuki ^a   Nishimura, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a Tenshi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tenshi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNDROME X; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; PAPAVERINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032211111     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00402-1     Document Type: Article

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