Effect of azithromycin therapy on coronary circulation in patients with coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1426-1429

  Hyodo, Eiichi ^a   Hozumi, Takeshi ^a   Takemoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Fujimoto, Kohei ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Muro, Takashi ^a   Shimada, Kenei ^a   Akioka, Kaname ^a   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^a   Takeuchi, Kazuhide ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 9344245695     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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