Structural abnormalities of the coronary arterial wall - in addition to luminal narrowing - Affect myocardial blood flow reserve

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1704-1712

  Liga, Riccardo ^a   Marini, Cecilia ^b   Coceani, Michele ^c   Filidei, Elena ^c   Schlueter, Mathis ^c   Bianchi, Massimiliano ^d   Rossi, Giuseppe ^c,d   Pardini, Silvia ^d   Salvadori, Piero ^d   Parodi, Oberdan ^d   Rovai, Daniele ^c,d   Sambuceti, Gianmario ^e   Marraccini, Paolo ^c,d   Neglia, Danilo ^c,d  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Toscana G Monasterio   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary calcium; Coronary wall structure; Multislice computed tomography; Myocardial blood flow reserve; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMMONIA N 13; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METOPROLOL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80455129837     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.091009     Document Type: Article

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