Cardiac syndrome X: A critical overview and future perspectives

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Lanza, Gaetano A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

CARDIAC SYNDROME X; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASODILATATION;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33846689981     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067330     Document Type: Review

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