Can transthoracic Doppler echocardiography be used to detect coronary slow flow phenomenon?

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3529-3533

  Nie, Shao Ping ^a   Geng, Li Li ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Xiao Shan ^a   Yang, Ya ^a   Liu, Bai Qiu ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Qiao, Yan ^a   Liu, Xin Min ^a   Luo, Tai Yang ^a   Dong, Jian Zeng ^a   Liu, Xiao Hui ^a   Ma, Chang Sheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary slow flow phenomenon; Flow velocity; Left anterior descending coronary artery; Transthoracic doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY SLOW FLOW PHENOMENON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON;

EID: 78650606958     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.24.005     Document Type: Article

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