Patients with evidence of coronary endothelial dysfunction as assessed by acetylcholine infusion demonstrate marked increase in sensitivity to constrictor effects of catecholamines.
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- abstracts
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 85 (4) , 1390-1397
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.85.4.1390
Abstract
BACKGROUNDStudies in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have demonstrated that normal coronary arteries dilate and atherosclerotic arteries constrict in response to exercise and the cold p...Keywords
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