Does increased aortic stiffness predict reduced coronary flow velocity reserve in patients with suspected coronary artery disease?

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Csanady M ^a   Forster, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

aortic; coronary artery disease; coronary flow reserve; distensibility; echocardiography; prognosis; stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84866554907     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.99.2012.3.4     Document Type: Article

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