Regional coronary endothelial function is closely related to local early coronary atherosclerosis in patients with mild coronary artery disease: Pilot study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-348

  Hays, Allison G ^a   Kelle, Sebastian ^a,d   Hirsch, Glenn A ^a   Soleimanifard, Sahar ^a,b   Yu, Jing ^a,b   Agarwal, Harsh K ^a,b   Gerstenblith, Gary ^a   Schär, Michael ^a,e   Stuber, Matthias ^a,c,f   Weiss, Robert G ^a,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^e PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Endothelium; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY WALL THICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863655280     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.969691     Document Type: Article

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