Microvascular coronary artery spasm presents distinctive clinical features with endothelial dysfunction as nonobstructive coronary artery disease.

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Published in J Am Heart Assoc on October 25, 2012

Authors

Keisuke Ohba1, Seigo Sugiyama, Hitoshi Sumida, Toshimitsu Nozaki, Junichi Matsubara, Yasushi Matsuzawa, Masaaki Konishi, Eiichi Akiyama, Hirofumi Kurokawa, Hirofumi Maeda, Koichi Sugamura, Yasuhiro Nagayoshi, Kenji Morihisa, Kenji Sakamoto, Kenichi Tsujita, Eiichiro Yamamoto, Megumi Yamamuro, Sunao Kojima, Koichi Kaikita, Shinji Tayama, Seiji Hokimoto, Kunihiko Matsui, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Hisao Ogawa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

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