Current nonpharmacologic management of coronary artery disease: Focus on external counterpulsation

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Conti, C Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METFORMIN; OXYGEN; ROSIGLITAZONE;

ABDOMEN; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; COUNTERPULSATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG MUSCLE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL CARE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIGH; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 21244491539     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-005-0009-z     Document Type: Review

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