Patterns of coronary vasomotor responses to intracoronary acetylcholine provocation

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1288-1295

  Ong, Peter ^a   Athanasiadis, Anastasios ^a   Sechtem, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMLODIPINE; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERGOMETRINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LERCANIDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VERAPAMIL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ALLIED SPECIALITIES;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY VESSELS; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OXYTOCICS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84881477134     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302042     Document Type: Article

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