Structural and functional alterations of the intramyocardial coronary arterioles in patients with arterial hypertension. | Zendy

B. Schwartzkopff | Zendy; W. Motz | Zendy; H. Frenzel | Zendy; M. Vogt | Zendy; Sabine Knauer | Zendy; B. E. Strauer | Zendy

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Structural and functional alterations of the intramyocardial coronary arterioles in patients with arterial hypertension.

Author(s) -

B. Schwartzkopff,

W. Motz,

H. Frenzel,

M. Vogt,

Sabine Knauer,

B. E. Strauer

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.88.3.993

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary flow reserve , dipyridamole , vasodilation , coronary artery disease , angina , fibrosis , coronary atherosclerosis , vascular resistance , coronary arteries , fractional flow reserve , artery , hemodynamics , myocardial infarction , coronary angiography

In hypertensive patients with angina pectoris, the coronary vasodilator reserve is frequently impaired despite a normal coronary angiogram. Experimental data indicate that structural alterations of the intramyocardial coronary vasculature contribute to an increased minimal coronary resistance and a diminished coronary flow reserve.

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