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Noninvasive assessment of coronary vasodilation using cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients at high risk for coronary artery disease

BACKGROUND: Impaired coronary vasodilation to both endothelial-dependent and endothelial-independent stimuli have been associated with atherosclerosis. Direct measurement of coronary vasodilation using x-ray angiography or intravascular ultrasound is invasive and, thus, not appropriate for asymptoma...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Patricia K, Meyer, Craig, Engvall, Jan, Yang, Phillip, McConnell, Michael V
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2467421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18513419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-10-28