Reduced Coronary Vasodilator Function in Infarcted and Normal Myocardium after Myocardial Infarction
- 28 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (4) , 222-227
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199407283310402
Abstract
The ability of the coronary vascular bed to dilate and thus increase blood flow to the myocardium may be impaired in coronary artery disease, even in regions of myocardium supplied by an angiographically normal coronary artery. If this kind of vasomotor dysfunction was present or accentuated after acute myocardial infarction, it might influence the extent of ischemia and necrosis in areas not directly injured by the infarction.Keywords
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