Repeated sauna therapy improves myocardial perfusion in patients with chronically occluded coronary artery-related ischemia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-243

  Sobajima, Mitsuo ^a   Nozawa, Takashi ^a   Ihori, Hiroyuki ^a   Shida, Takuya ^a   Ohori, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Takayuki ^a   Matsuki, Akira ^a   Yasumura, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic total coronary occlusion; Flow mediated dilation; Myocardial perfusion; Sauna therapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; THALLIUM 201;

AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUNA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUMMED DIFFERENCE SCORE; SUMMED STRESS SCORE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; STEAM BATH; VASODILATION;

EID: 84878580479     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.064     Document Type: Article

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