Short-term effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on transthoracic coronary flow velocity and reserve in patients with coronary slow flow

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-85

  Luo, Chufan ^a,c   Liu, Donghong ^a   Du, Zhimin ^a,c   Barsness, Gregory W ^b   Wu, Xing ^a   Hu, Chengheng ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Hu, Xun ^a   Zhang, Yan ^c   Wu, Guifu ^a,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Coronary flow velocity; Coronary slow flow; Enhanced external counterpulsation; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY SLOW FLOW; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 82655177988     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.085     Document Type: Article

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