Induction of coronary artery spasm by two pharmacological agents: Comparison between intracoronary injection of acetylcholine and ergonovine

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-457

  Sueda, Shozo ^a,b   Kohno, Hiroaki ^a   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^a   Ochi, Naoto ^c   Kawada, Hiroyuki ^c   Hayashi, Yutaka ^c   Uraoka, Tadao ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Saijo Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ergonovine; Spasm provocation test

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ERGOMETRINE; NEUCHOLINE A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DEATH; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SIDE EFFECT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0042328163     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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