Impaired Coronary Microvascular Functions in Patients With Behçet Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 586-587

  Gullu, Hakan ^a   Caliskan, Mustafa ^a   Erdogan, Dogan ^a   Yilmaz, Sema ^a   Dursun, Recep ^a   Ciftci, Ozgur ^a   Yucel, Eftal ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746208050     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.015     Document Type: Letter

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