Normal coronary angiography with myocardial bridging: A variant possibly relevant for ischemia;Muskelbrücken der koronararterien: Mögliche ischä mierelevante normvarianten

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a   Eggebrecht, Holger ^b   Ebralidze, Tinatin ^b   Münzberger, Sarah ^b   Schweizer, Tilman ^b   Quast, Britta ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Intracoronary Doppler ultrasound (ICD); Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Myocardial bridges; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ORCIPRENALINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MYOTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 17144373270     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-005-2654-0     Document Type: Article

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