The complex link between brain and heart in cardiac syndrome X

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 328-330

  Lanza, G A ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN PERFUSION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYNDROME X;

EID: 0036785063     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.4.328     Document Type: Short Survey

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