Detection of early impairment of coronary flow reserve in patients with systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 890-893

  Montisci, R ^a   Vacca, A ^a   Garau, P ^a   Colonna, P ^a   Ruscazio, M ^a   Passiu, G ^a   Iliceto, S ^a   Mathieu, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0042887251     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.9.890     Document Type: Article

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