Coronary flow reserve is also impaired in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-416

  Oflaz, Huseyin ^a   Kurt, Ramazan ^a   Cimen, Arif ^a   Elitok, Ali ^a   Onur, Imran ^a   Golcuk, Ebru ^a   Demirturk, Mustafa ^a   Batmaz, Serap ^a   Kasikcioglu, Erdem ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 34447507688     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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