Altered coronary flow velocity reserve and left ventricular wall motion dynamics: A phenomenon in hypertensive patients with ECG strain

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 634-643

  Arita, Y ^a   Hirata, Kumiko ^a   Wada, Nozomi ^a   Komukai, Kenichi ^a   Tanimoto, Takashi ^a   Kitabata, Hironori ^a   Takarada, Shigeho ^a   Nakamura, Nobuo ^a   Kubo, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Imanishi, Toshio ^a   Akasaka, Takashi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

coronary flow reserve; echocardiography; hypertension; left ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR;

COMORBIDITY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84879787067     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12104     Document Type: Article

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