Patients with coronary slow flow phenomenon demonstrate normal myocardial blood flow and arterial wave reflection between acute episodes

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-325

  Sharman, James E ^a   Moir, Stuart ^a   Kostner, Karam M ^a   Haluska, Brian ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arteries; Blood flow; Coronary arteries; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD VOLUME; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SLOW FLOW PHENOMENON; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; STRESS; TONOMETRY; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 58149184030     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.049     Document Type: Article

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