Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 144-148 , July 2008

The relation between coronary flow rate, plasma endothelin-1 concentrations, and clinical characteristics in patients with normal coronary arteries

  • Huseyin Celebi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Alp Burak Catakoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Hilal Kurtoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Murat Sener

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Ruken Hanavdelogullari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Cemsid Demiroglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Vedat Aytekin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Saide Aytekin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Abide-i Hurriyet C. No:290, 34381 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 212 224 4950; fax: +90 212 296 5222.

Received 22 September 2007 ,Revised 31 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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PII: S1553-8389(07)00330-2

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2007.11.002

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 144-148 , July 2008

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