Variations in presentation and various options in management of variant angina

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 748-759

  Mishra, Pankaj Kumar ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium antagonists; Coronary spasm; Plexectomy; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BENIDIPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DENOPAMINE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERGOMETRINE; FASUDIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; KETANSERIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; NICORANDIL; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; PRAZOSIN; PROGESTERONE; RADIOISOTOPE; STEROID HORMONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BOLUS INJECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CORONARY STENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART ARREST; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DENERVATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERVENTILATION; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646094486     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.01.033     Document Type: Review

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