Exposure to extreme cold lowers the ischemic threshold in coronary artery disease patients

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Meyer, Philippe ^a   Guiraud, Thibaut ^a   Curnier, Daniel ^b   Juneau, Martin ^a   Gayda, Mathieu ^a   Nozza, Anna ^c   Nigam, Anil ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cold; Coronary disease; Exercise test; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; COLD TEMPERATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77949316225     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70007-6     Document Type: Article

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