Incremental diagnostic value of ultrasonographic assessment of coronary flow reserve with high-dose dipyridamole in patients with acute coronary syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-318

  Ascione, Luigi ^a,e   De Michele, Mario ^b   Accadia, Maria ^a   Granata, Gianluca ^a   Sacra, Cosimo ^a   D'Andrea, Antonello ^c   Guarini, Pasquale ^d   Tuccillo, Bernardino ^a  

^a S Maria di Loreto Hospital   (Italy)

^b San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Villa dei Fiori Hospital   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; SHU 508;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 28844477450     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.053     Document Type: Article

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