Assessment of coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in left apical ballooning syndrome.
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چکیده
We present the time course of transthoracic coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending artery in a patient who suffered a transient left apical ballooning syndrome.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008