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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the epicardium.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the epicardium

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Examples

  • However, the progenitor cells will not achieve their full regenerative potential without interactions with the layer of "epicardial" cells that forms over the blastema.

    Ancient Resilience 2006

  • Patients had to have at least one epicardial coronary artery with 70% stenosis plus objective evidence of myocardial ischemia to be eligible for the trial.

    The COURAGE trial-fewer PCIs down the road for stable angina james gaulte 2007

  • Patients had to have at least one epicardial coronary artery with 70% stenosis plus objective evidence of myocardial ischemia to be eligible for the trial.

    Archive 2007-03-01 james gaulte 2007

  • Moreover, as coronary IMR is a more independent of epicardial arterial stenoses than CFR

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahn Ilsar et al. 2010

  • Aarnoudse W, Pijls NHJ, De Bruyne B, Balsam LB, et al. (2004) Microvascular resistance is not influenced by epicardial coronary artery stenosis severity: experimental validation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahn Ilsar et al. 2010

  • Noncardiac chest pain is defined as a substernal chest pain in the absence of significant epicardial coronary artery stenoses.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The size of the layer of fat around the heart, or imaging epicardial adipose tissue, can be measured by X-ray imaging techniques such as CT or

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • FACC, FHRS is Senior Medical Director of Electrophysiology at California Pacific Medical Center and a pioneer in ablation procedures including catheter-based cures for atrial fibrillation and percutaneous epicardial radiofrequency ablation, a treatment for individuals who fail conventional ablation.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Noncardiac chest pain is defined as a substernal chest pain in the absence of significant epicardial coronary artery stenoses.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • [11], CFR is not specific to the coronary microcirculation, denoting the combined extent of both epicardial and coronary micrvascular disease in the territory assessed

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahn Ilsar et al. 2010

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