Regional myocardial perfusion defects during exercise, as assessed by three dimensional integration of morphology and function, in relation to abnormal endothelium dependent vasoreactivity of the coronary microcirculation

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-526

  Schindler, T H ^b   Nitzsche, E ^b   Magosaki, N ^b   Brink, I ^b   Mix, M ^b   Olschewski, M ^b   Solzbach, U ^b   Just, Hanjörg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0242416654     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.5.517     Document Type: Article

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