Morphological features of coronary arteries in patients with coronary spastic angina: Assessment with intracoronary optical coherence tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-340

  Morikawa, Yoshinobu ^a   Uemura, Shiro ^a   Ishigami, Ken Ichi ^a   Soeda, Tsunenari ^a   Okayama, Satoshi ^a   Takemoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Onoue, Kenji ^a   Somekawa, Satoshi ^a   Nishida, Taku ^a   Takeda, Yukiji ^a   Kawata, Hiroyuki ^a   Horii, Manabu ^a   Saito, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Coronary vasospasm; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 78951477377     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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