Head-up tilt test combined with isoproterenol infusion provokes coronary vasospastic angina

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 670-674

  Miyata, Setsuya ^a   Inoue, Hitoki ^a,b   Horimoto, Masashi ^a   Hamasakai, Satomi ^a   Shibuya, Eiji ^a   Yoshimura, Haruhiko ^a   Ohizumi, Satoshi ^a   Matsushima, Hisashi ^a   Igarashi, Keiichi ^a   Takenaka, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head up tilt test; Isoproterenol; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ERGOMETRINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SYNCOPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFLEX; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 3042874034     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.670     Document Type: Article

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