Coronary Artery Function: Out of the Cath Lab and Into the Magnet**Editorials published in the JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging or the American College of Cardiology.

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-176

  Reichek, Nathaniel ^a,b   Alexander, Deepu ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NITROGLYCERIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 41149181498     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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