Mitral annular calcification associated with impaired coronary microvascular function

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Bozbas, Huseyin ^a   Pirat, Bahar ^a   Yildirir, Aylin ^a   Şimşek, Vahide ^a   Sade, Elif ^a   Altin, Cihan ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary flow reserve; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40949087717     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.09.044     Document Type: Article

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