Comparison of the risk factors for coronary artery spasm with those for organic stenosis in a Japanese population: Role of cigarette smoking

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Takaoka, Kyoji ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^a   Nakayama, Masafumi ^a   Shimasaki, Yukio ^a   Mizuno, Yuji ^a   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yasue, Hirofumi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Atherosclerosis; Cigarette smoking; Coronary artery spasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033959559     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00172-2     Document Type: Article

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