Altered coronary flow properties in diffuse coronary artery ectasia

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-72

  Akyürek, Ömer ^a   Berkalp, Berkten ^a   Sayin, Tamer ^a   Kumbasar, Deniz ^a   Kervancioǧlu, Celal ^a   Oral, Derviş ^a   Mahallesi, Sancak ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037221817     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.48     Document Type: Article

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