Coronary flow reserve is impaired in patients with slow coronary flow

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-174

  Erdogan, Dogan ^a   Caliskan, Mustafa ^a   Gullu, Hakan ^a   Sezgin, Alpay Turan ^a   Yildirir, Aylin ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOW CORONARY FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846921813     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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