Coronary slow flow phenomenon: Description of three cases evaluated with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-344

  Azzarelli, Salvatore ^a,c   Grasso, Carmelo ^b   Galassi, Alfredo R ^b   Tamburino, Corrado ^b  

^a CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary slow flow phenomenon; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; THALLIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VASOSPASM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 23044477521     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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