Coronary slow-flow phenomenon

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 385-386

  Paul, Louis C ^a   Jani, Dinesh ^a   Menete, Alda ^a   Mocumbi, A Olga ^a   Ferreira, Beatriz ^a  

^a Instituto do Coracao Maputo   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY SLOW FLOW PHENOMENON; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 39749147087     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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