Beneficial effects of intracoronary nicorandil on microvascular dysfunction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Demonstration of its superiority to nitroglycerin in a cross-over study

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Ito, Noritoshi ^a   Nanto, Shinsuke ^b   Doi, Yasuji ^a   Kurozumi, Yuma ^a   Natsukawa, Tomoaki ^a   Shibata, Hiroyuki ^a   Morita, Masaya ^a   Kawata, Atsushi ^a   Tsuruoka, Ayumu ^a   Sawano, Hirotaka ^a   Okada, Ken Ichiro ^a   Sakata, Yasuhiko ^b   Kai, Tatsuro ^a   Hayashi, Toru ^a  

^a Osaka Saiseikai Senri Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary microvascular function; Microvascular dysfunction; Nicorandil; Nitroglycerin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; NICORANDIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NICORANDIL; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84880268204     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-013-6456-y     Document Type: Article

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