Elevated plasma homocysteine level in slow coronary flow

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-145

  Barutcu, Irfan ^a,d   Sezgin, Alpay Turan ^b   Sezgin, Nurzen ^b   Gullu, Hakan ^c   Esen, Ali Metin ^a   Topal, Ergun ^c   Ozdemir, Ramazan ^c  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 18144412697     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.01.030     Document Type: Article

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