Influence of cardiovascular risk status on coronary flow reserve in healthy young men

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1690-1692

  Pitkänen, Olli Pekka ^a,b,c   Raitakari, Olli T ^a,b,c   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^a,b,c   Niinikoski, Harri ^a,b,c   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a,b,c   Iida, Hidehiro ^a,b,c   Viikari, Jorma S A ^a,b,c   Knuuti, Juhani ^a,b,c  

^a TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEART; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0342813148     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00226-9     Document Type: Article

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