Simultaneous intracoronary ultrasound and doppler flow studies distinguish flow-mediated from receptor-mediated endothelial responses

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 282-288

  Hollenberg, Steven M ^a   Tamburro, Paul ^a   Johnson, Maryl R ^a   Burns, Durand E ^a   Spokas, Diana ^a   Costanzo, María Rosa ^a   Parrillo, Joseph E ^a   Klein, Lloyd W ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler flow wire; Endothelial function; Flow mediated vasodilation; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033010330     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199903)46:3<282::AID-CCD5>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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