Coronary microvascular spasm triggers transient ischemic left ventricular diastolic abnormalities in patients with chest pain and angiographically normal coronary arteries

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Arrebola Moreno, Antonio Luis ^a,b   Arrebola, Juan Pedro ^c   Moral Ruiz, Antonio ^a   Ramirez Hernandez, Jose Antonio ^a   Melgares Moreno, Rafael ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary microvascular spasm; Echocardiographic diastolic changes; Epicardial coronary artery spasm; Stable angina; Ultrasensitive cardiac troponins; Unobstructed coronary arteries

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL TEST; AGED; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYNDROME X; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TROPONIN T; VASODILATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84905819740     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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