Evaluation of coronary flow reserve in hypertensive patients by dipyridamole transesophageal Doppler echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-308

  Hamouda, Mohamed S ^a   Kassem, Hanan K ^a   Salama, Mai ^a   El Masry, Magdy ^a   Shaaban, Naseem ^a   Sadek, Ekram ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^b   Seward, James B ^b   Elhendy, Abdou ^b  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTOLE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033928951     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00919-X     Document Type: Article

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