Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 203-208 , July 2010

Flow-mediated dilatation has an additive value to stress ECG for the diagnosis of angiographically significant coronary atherosclerosis

Presented at the International Symposium “Works and Views in Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilation” (Iasi, Romania, 13-14 May 2009).

  • Iana Simova, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Noninvasive Functional and Imaging Diagnostics, National Cardiology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Iana Simova, Department of Noninvasive Functional and Imaging Diagnostics, National Cardiology Hospital, 65 Koniovitsa Str, Sofia 1309, Bulgaria. Tel: +359887098940.
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  • Tsvetana Katova, DSci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Noninvasive Functional and Imaging Diagnostics, National Cardiology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Stefan Denchev, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiology, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Sofia Bulgaria
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  • Nikolay Dimitrov, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Invasive Cardiology, National Cardiology Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

Received 6 April 2010 ,Accepted 1 June 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(10)00120-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2010.06.001

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 203-208 , July 2010

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