Relaxation effects of lavender aromatherapy improve coronary flow velocity reserve in healthy men evaluated by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Shiina, Yumi ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Lee, Kwangho ^a   Toyoda, Tomohiko ^a   Sekine, Tai ^a   Honjo, Sachiko ^a   Hasegawa, Rei ^a   Kawata, Takayuki ^a   Wakatsuki, Yu ^a   Hayashi, Shinichiro ^b   Murakami, Shio ^b   Koike, Kazuo ^c   Daimon, Masao ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Green Flask Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary flow velocity reserve; Healthy men; Lavender aromatherapy; Relaxation effects; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HOT WATER; HYDROCORTISONE; LAVENDER OIL; STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DILUTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPEREMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LAVANDULA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 50349101235     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.064     Document Type: Article

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