Chronic therapeutically refactory angina pectoris

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-230

  DeJongste, Mike J L ^a   Tio, René A ^a   Foreman, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHELATING AGENT; OPIATE; UROKINASE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0742272706     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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