Plasma endothelin-1 elevation associated with alcohol-induced variant angina

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 554-558

  Kaku, Bunji ^a,b   Mizuno, Sumio ^a   Ohsato, Kazuo ^a   Murakami, Tatsuaki ^a   Moriuchi, Ikuo ^a   Arai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nio, Yutaka ^a   Ohe, Koutarou ^a   Mabuchi, Tomohito ^a   Takahashi, Yoshifumi ^a   Ohnaka, Masateru ^a  

^a Fukui Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b Fukui Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol ingestion; Endothelin 1; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ENDOTHELIN 1;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOSPASM;

AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348238734     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.554     Document Type: Article

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