Major racial differences in coronary constrictor response between Japanese and Caucasians with recent myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1102-1108

  Pristipino, Christian ^a   Beltrame, John F ^b   Finocchiaro, Maria L ^a   Hattori, Ryuichi ^c   Fujita, Masatoshi ^c   Mongiardo, Rocco ^a   Cianflone, Domenico ^a   Sanna, Tommaso ^a   Sasayama, Shigetake ^c   Maseri, Attilio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Myocardial infarction; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; NITRATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0034646207     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.10.1102     Document Type: Article

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