To what degree is amelioration of angina following coronary revascularization associated with improvement in myocardial perfusion?

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 263-270

  Johansen, Allan ^a   Høilund Carlsen, Poul F ^a   Vach, Werner ^b   Christensen, Henrik W ^c   Møldrup, Mette ^a   Haghfelt, Torben ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angina; Observational study; Perfusion; Radionuclide imaging; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LONG ACTING DRUG; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747693806     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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