Diagnosis of vasospastic angina: Comparison of hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography, hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress coronary angiography, and coronary angiography with intracoronary injection of acetylcholine

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Hirano, Yutaka ^a   Uehara, Hisakazu ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^a   Ikuta, Shinitiro ^a   Nakano, Manabu ^a   Akiyama, Seita ^a   Ishikawa, Kinji ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ach CAG; ECG; HVCP CAG; HVCP EchoCG

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33847208482     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.03.059     Document Type: Article

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