Effect of plaque burden on coronary vasoreactivity in early atherosclerosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-406

  Manginas, Athanassios ^a   Voudris, Vassilis ^a   Pavlides, Gregory ^a   Karatasakis, George ^a   Athanassopoulos, George ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032520069     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00946-6     Document Type: Article

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