Angiographic assessment of myocardial perfusion in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 996-999

  Gulec, Sadi ^b   Atmaca, Yusuf ^b   Kilickap, Mustafa ^b   Akyürek, Omer ^b   Aras, Omer ^a   Oral, Dervis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0345270029     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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