PHYSIOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISORDERED CORONARY CIRCULATION
Authors: R GORLIN, N BRACHFELD, J V MESSER, J D TURNER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 October 1959PHYSIOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISORDERED CORONARY CIRCULATIONRICHARD GORLIN, M.D., NORMAN BRACHFELD, M.D., JOSEPH V. MESSER, M.D., JOHN D. TURNER, M.D.RICHARD GORLIN, M.D., NORMAN BRACHFELD, M.D., JOSEPH V. MESSER, M.D., JOHN D. TURNER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-4-698 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDespite extensive anatomicopathologic studies, the characteristics of the coronary circulation responsible for ischemic heart disease have not been quantitatively defined. Recent advances in the measurement of coronary blood flow, combined with the technic of coronary sinus catheterization,1a, b, c have resulted in a physiologic approach to the dynamics of coronary flow in man. 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