Title | Angina Pectoris with Normal Coronary Arteries: Syndrome X [electronic resource] / edited by Juan Carlos Kaski |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1994 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2596-7 |
Descript | XI, 289 p. online resource |
Chest Pain With Normal Coronary Arteriograms: Clinical Features And Prognosis -- 1. Syndrome X: A heterogeneous syndrome. Historical background, clinical presentation, electrocardiographic features, and rational patient management. An overview -- 2. Prognosis and therapy in patients with angina and normal coronary arteriograms -- 3. Chest pain with normal coronary arteriograms: Oesophageal abnormalities โ The gastroenterologistโs view -- 4. Chest pain with normal coronary arteries: Psychological aspects -- 5. Chest pain and angiographically normal coronary arteries in patients with systemic hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Mechanisms -- 6. Syndrome X: A non-ischaemic syndrome? โFalse positiveโ ST-segment shifts, ischaemia, myocardial perfusion abnormalities and increased sensitivity to pain in syndrome -- 7. Syndrome X โ An early form of cardiomyopathy? -- Syndrome X And Microvascular Angina โ Abnormal Coronary Blood Flow Reserve -- 8. Microvascular angina -- 9. Studies of coronary blood flow and myocardial metabolism in patients with chest pain and angiographically normal coronary arteries -- 10. Critical view of the concept of coronary flow reserve. Advantages and disadvantages of the current methods used for the assessment of coronary flow reserve in the clinical setting -- 11. The coronary microcirculation in patients with normal coronary arteries and symptoms of chest pain โ Myocardial blood flow rate, capillary permeability and interstitial diffusion -- Angina With Normal Coronary Arteriograms โ Pathogenetic Hypotheses -- 12. Pre-arteriolar coronary constriction in pathogenesis of syndrome X. Role of adenosine -- 13. Abnormal neurohumoral control in pathogenesis of syndrome X -- 14. Epicardial coronary artery responses in patients with angina and normal coronary arteriograms -- 15. Endothelial dysfunction in patients with angina and normal coronary arteriograms -- 16. Role of oestrogen deficiency in women with syndrome X -- 17. Summary, conclusions and future perspectives -- Index