Clinical characteristics and mid-term outcome of patients with slow coronary flow

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-587

  Amirzadegan, Alireza ^a   Motamed, Afrooz ^a   Davarpasand, Tahereh ^a   Shahrzad, Maryam ^a   Lotfi Tokaldany, Masoumeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angiography; Outcome; Slow coronary flow

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871682824     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: 03737934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ac.67.5.2174134     Document Type: Article

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