Clinical usefulness, angiographic characteristics, and safety evaluation of intracoronary acetylcholine provocation testing among 921 consecutive white patients with unobstructed coronary arteries

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1723-1730

  Ong, Peter ^a   Athanasiadis, Anastasios ^a   Borgulya, Gabor ^b   Vokshi, Ismail ^b   Bastiaenen, Rachel ^b   Kubik, Sebastian ^b   Hill, Stephan ^a   Schäufele, Tim ^a   Mahrholdt, Heiko ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; complications; coronary vasospasm; microvascular angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIAL SPASM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; THORAX PAIN; UNOBSTRUCTED CORONARY ARTERY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; COMPLICATIONS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84899952315     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004096     Document Type: Article

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