Diagnosis of coronary vasospasm in patients with clinical presentation of unstable angina pectoris using ergonovine echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1475-1478

  Song, Jae Kwan ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Kong, Duk Hyun ^a   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Choi, Kee Joon ^a   Hong, Myung Ki ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Kim, You Ho ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCICS;

EID: 0032535285     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00690-0     Document Type: Article

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