External Counterpulsation Therapy Improves Endothelial Function in Patients with Refractory Angina Pectoris

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2090-2095

  Shechter, Michael ^a,b   Matetzky, Shlomi ^a   Feinberg, Micha S ^a   Chouraqui, Pierre ^a   Rotstein, Zeev ^a   Hod, Hanoch ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUNTERPULSATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0347918853     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.05.013     Document Type: Article

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