Microvasculature in Acute Myocardial Ischemia: Part I - Evolving Concepts in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-149

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a,c   Ito, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RATS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 1642535538     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000111582.02736.CD     Document Type: Review

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