Correlation between endothelial dysfunction in normal coronary patients with slow flow and aortic ectasia: the first report.
Journal Title: Cardiology Journal - Year 2009, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
Slow coronary flow (SCF) is slow dye progression in the coronary arteries during selective angiography, but there is no such study about greater visceral vessels. Studies have suggested that flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is impaired in SCF. Endothelial function can be assessed by FMD in the brachial artery as ischemia-induced vasodilation. Since inflammation is an underlying pathology in the inflammation of visceral vessels and probably SCF, we studied the correlation of aortic ectasia and SCF by means of FMD.
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Shapour Shirani, Sirous Darabian, Solmaz Jozaghi, Reza Hamidian
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