Coronary flow reserve is a comprehensive indicator of cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with chest pain and normal coronary angiogram

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1405-1414

  Lee, Dong Hyeon ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^a   Choi, Yun Seok ^a   Park, Chul Soo ^a   Park, Jeong Hwan ^a   Jeon, Hui Kyung ^a   Kim, Jae Hyung ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography; Framingham scores; Normal coronary angio gram

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954493897     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0897     Document Type: Article

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