Longitudinal left ventricular systolic function is impaired in patients with coronary slow flow

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-32

  Nurkalem, Zekeriya ^a   Gorgulu, Sevket ^b   Uslu, Nevzat ^a   Orhan, Ahmet L ^a   Alper, Ahmet T ^a   Erer, Betul ^a   Zencirci, Ertugrul ^a   Aksu, Huseyin ^a   Eren, Mehmet ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem University Kocaeli Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left ventricular function; Slow coronary flow; Strain rate; TIMI frame count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SLOW CORONARY FLOW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 56949097650     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9341-1     Document Type: Article

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