Clinical characteristics of patients with exercise-induced ST-segment elevation without prior myocardial infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-261

  Hung, Ming Jui ^a   Hung, Ming Yow ^a   Cheng, Chi Wen ^a   Yang, Ning I ^a   Cherng, Wen Jin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary vasospasm; Exercise

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; ERGOMETRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLERGONOVINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33644584335     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.254     Document Type: Article

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