Non-invasive assessment of coronary arterial tone using trans-thoracic Doppler echocardiography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Takagi, Atsushi ^a   Tsurumi, Yukio ^a   Arai, Kotaro ^a   Ishii, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanimoto, Kyomi ^a   Ishizuka, Naoko ^a   Kasanuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary flow; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33645371012     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.459     Document Type: Article

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