Impaired endothelial function in patients with myocardial bridge

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 577-581

  Zoghi, Mehdi ^a   Duygu, Hamza ^a   Nalbantgil, Sanem ^a   Kirilmaz, Bahadir ^a   Turk, Ugur ^a   Ozerkan, Filiz ^a   Akilli, Azem ^a   Akin, Mustafa ^a   Turkoglu, Cuneyt ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM BRIDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33746522897     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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