Coronary slow flow or syndrome Y: Dysfunction at rest, preserved reactivity of the peripheral endothelium

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-153

  Muxel, Selina ^a   Fineschi, Massimo ^a   Hauser, Ernst Richard ^a   Gori, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Slow flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BARE METAL STENT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; CORONARY SYNDROME Y; DEVICE THERAPY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FLOW MEDIATED CONSTRICTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 79951725156     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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