Reduced coronary flow reserve and parasympathetic dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular syndrome X

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Cemin, Roberto ^a   Erlicher, Andrea ^a   Fattor, Bruno ^a   Pitscheider, Walter ^a   Cevese, Antonio ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Microcirculation; Patients; X syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME X; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 40349108270     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3282f18e8d     Document Type: Article

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