Effect of L-arginine administration on myocardial thallium-201 perfusion during exercise in patients with angina pectoris and normal coronary angiograms

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-102

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

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exercise; L arginine; Microvascular angina; Nitric oxide; Thallium 201 scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; EPICARDIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034052335     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(00)90028-X     Document Type: Article

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