Mental stress test is an effective inducer of vasospastic angina pectoris: Comparison with cold pressor, hyperventilation and master two-step exercise test

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-163

  Yoshida, Kazuyo ^a   Utsunomiya, Toshinori ^a   Morooka, Toshifumi ^a   Yazawa, Miyuki ^a   Kido, Keiko ^a   Ogawa, Toshihiro ^a   Ryu, Toshihiro ^a   Ogata, Toru ^a   Tsuji, Shinsuke ^a   Tokushima, Takashi ^a   Matsuo, Shuzo ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold pressor test; Exercise test; Hyperventilation test; Mental calculation stress; Vasospastic angina pectoris

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033620922     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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