Coronary ectasia is associated with impaired left ventricular myocardial performance in patients without significant coronary artery stenosis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Ceyhan, Koksal ^a   Koc, Fatih ^a   Ozdemir, Kurtulus ^b   Celik, Atac ^a   Altunkas, Fatih ^a   Karayakali, Metin ^a   Kadi, Hasan ^a   Ozturk, Ahmet ^a   Kaya, Mehmet Gungor ^c  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery ectasia; Myocardial performance index; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84857356543     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333390     Document Type: Article

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