Microvascular angina accompanied by epicardial coronary artery spasm

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 216-220

  Horimoto, Masashi ^a,b   Sakuragi, Hitoshi ^a,b   Inoue, Takashi Takenaka Hitoki ^a,b   Igarashi, Keiichi ^a,b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amlodipine; Coronary flow reserve; Nicorandil

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMLODIPINE; BISOPROLOL; DOXAZOSIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; LACTIC ACID; NICORANDIL; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; PAPAVERINE; THALLIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPICARDIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYNDROME X; ANGINA PECTORIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0036203619     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.216     Document Type: Article

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