Defining the coronary slow flow phenomenon

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 818-820

  Beltrame, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SLOW FLOW PHENOMENON; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; SYNDROME X; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON;

EID: 84858956670     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0205     Document Type: Editorial

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