Myocardial ischaemia in patients with coronary endothelial dysfunction: Insights from body surface ECG mapping and implications for invasive evaluation of chronic chest pain

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2758-2765

  Summers, Matthew R ^a   Lerman, Amir ^a   Lennon, Ryan J ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a   Prasad, Abhiram ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Electrocardiography; Endothelial dysfunction; Ischaemia; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NITROGLYCERIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 81855199778     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr221     Document Type: Article

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