Clinical implications of provocation tests for coronary artery spasm: Safety, arrhythmic complications, and prognostic impact: Multicentre registry study of the japanese coronary spasm association

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 258-267

  Takagi, Yusuke ^a   Yasuda, Satoshi ^b   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Tsunoda, Ryusuke ^c   Ogata, Yasuhiro ^c   Seki, Atsushi ^d   Sumiyoshi, Tetsuya ^d   Matsui, Motoyuki ^e   Goto, Toshikazu ^e   Tanabe, Yasuhiko ^f   Sueda, Shozo ^g   Sato, Toshiaki ^h   Ogawa, Satoshi ^h   Kubo, Norifumi ⁱ   Momomura, Shinichi ⁱ   Ogawa, Hisao ^j   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^f Niigata Prefectural Shibata Hospital   (Japan)

^g Ehime Prefecture Niihama Hospital   (Japan)

^h KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Prognosis; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERGOMETRINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICORANDIL; NITRATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SECONDARY PREVENTION; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOSPASTIC ANGINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HYPERVENTILATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874598391     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs199     Document Type: Article

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