Dipyridamole-induced reversible thallium-201 defect in patients with vasospastic angina and nearly normal coronary arteries

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-30

  Fujita, Hideki ^a,b   Yamabe, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole; Exercise; Microvascular angina; Thallium 201 scintigraphy; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNDROME X; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0033977668     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960230106     Document Type: Article

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