Intravascular ultrasound findings of negative arterial remodeling at sites of focal coronary spasm in patients with vasospastic angina

American Heart Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 395-401

  Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Ko, Jae Yoon ^a   Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

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

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0033828536     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.108829     Document Type: Article

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