Myocardial Capillaries and Coronary Flow Reserve

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1399-1401

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a   Jayaweera, Ananda R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary density; dilated cardiomyopathy; flow reserve; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 53849093080     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.039     Document Type: Editorial

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