Transient myocardial ischemia during acetylcholine-induced coronary microvascular dysfunction documented by myocardial contrast echocardiography

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-155

  Ong, Peter ^a   Athanasiadis, Anastasios ^a   Mahrholdt, Heiko ^a   Shah, Benoy N ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^a   Senior, Roxy ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ischemic heart disease; Microvascular dysfunction; Myocardial contrast echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOKINESIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MICROCIRCULATION; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874534057     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.979708     Document Type: Note

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