Management of the patient with chest pain and a normal coronary angiogram

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-568

  Yang, Eric H ^a   Lerman, Amir ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; ERGOMETRINE MALEATE; FOLIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 27644457704     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2005.08.002     Document Type: Review

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