Stable microvascular angina: Instrumental evaluation of coronary microvascular dysfunction with coronary angiography and myocardial scintigraphy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sucato, Vincenzo ^a   Evola, Salvatore ^a   Novo, Giuseppina ^a   Bronte, Enrico ^a   Novo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary angiography; Microcirculation; Microvascular angina; Myocardial scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FLOW CORONARY INDEX; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL BLUSH GRADE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYNDROME X; TIMI FRAME COUNT; TOTAL MYOCARDIAL BLUSH SCORE;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MYOCARDIAL SCINTIGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893636997     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.060     Document Type: Article

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