Did the Widespread Use of Long-Acting Calcium Antagonists Decrease the Occurrence of Variant Angina?

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2074-2078

  Sueda, Shozo ^a,c   Kohno, Hiroaki ^a   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^a   Uraoka, Tadao ^b  

^a Saiseikai Saijo Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kita Med Assoc Hosp Tokunomori   (Japan)

^c Saiseikai Saijo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long acting calcium antagonist; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENIDIPINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CILNIDIPINE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERGOMETRINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LONG ACTING DRUG; MANIDIPINE; MEPIRODIPINE; NICARDIPINE; NICORANDIL; NIFEDIPINE; NILVADIPINE; NISOLDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0347624458     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2074     Document Type: Article

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