Estimation of coronary flow velocity reserve using transthoracic doppler echocardiography and cold pressor test might be useful for detecting of patients with variant angina

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-441

  Hwang, Hui Jeong ^a   Chung, Woo Baek ^a   Park, Jeong Hwan ^a   Oh, Su Sung ^a   Chung, Jong Won ^a   Choi, Yun Seok ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Doppler echocardiography; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOSPASM; ACETYLCHOLINE PROVOCATION TEST; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEAN DIASTOLIC FLOW VELOCITY; SOUTH KOREA; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951231980     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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