Myocardial circulation distal to chronic total occlusions: A brighter light at the end of the tunnel

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-181

  Escaned, Javier ^a   Davies, Justin E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arteriogenesis; chronic total occlusion; collateral connection; coronary collaterals; endothelial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; GUIDE WIRE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 84857613024     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.12.002     Document Type: Editorial

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