Prognosis in Women With Myocardial Ischemia in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Disease

Johnson, Bruce; J. Shaw, Leslee; D. Buchthal, Steven; Noel Bairey Merz, C.; Kim, Hee-Won; N. Scott, Katherine; Doyle, Mark; B. Olson, Marian; J. Pepine, Carl; den Hollander, Jan; L. Sharaf, Barry; J. Rogers, William; Mankad, Sunil; R. Forder, John; F. Kelsey, Sheryl; M. Pohost, Gerald

doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000130642.79868.b2

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Prognosis in Women With Myocardial Ischemia in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Disease

Published in Circulation • Jun 15, 2004

Authors:

Bruce Johnson

Leslee J. Shaw

Steven D. Buchthal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We previously reported that 20% of women with chest pain but without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) had stress-induced reduction in myocardial phosphocreatine-adenosine triphosphate ratio by phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (abnormal MRS), consistent with ...

Subject

Medicine

Coronary artery disease

Cardiology

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