Metoprolol does not effect myocardial fractional flow reserve in patients with intermediate coronary stenoses

International Heart Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-483

  Ozdemir, Murat ^a   Yazici, Guliz Erdem ^a   Turkoglu, Sedat ^a   Timurkaynak, Timur ^a   Cengel, Atiye ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Metoprolol; Myocardial fractional flow reserve

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34648813086     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.48.477     Document Type: Article

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