Subendocardial ischemia without coronary artery disease: Is elevated left ventricular end diastolic pressure the culprit?

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 773-777

  Elhabyan, Abdul Karim ^a   Reyes, Bernardo J ^a   Hallak, Omar ^a   Broce, Mike ^a   Rosencrance, James G ^a   Lucas, B Daniel ^a,b   Fazal, Hamid ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Myocardial Ischemia; Stress test; Ventricular end diastolic volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2542496708     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079904125003359     Document Type: Review

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