Plasma homocysteine is associated with ischemic findings without organic stenosis in patients with slow coronary flow

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-143

  Yurtdaş, Mustafa ^a   Özcan, Ismail Turkay ^b   Seyis, Ali Sabri ^c   Çamsari, Ahmet ^b   Çiçek, Dilek ^b  

^a Lokman Hekim Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angina; Exercise; Homocysteine; Slow coronary flow; ST depression

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON;

EID: 84873079180     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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