Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the epicardium.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
epicardium
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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Moreover, as coronary IMR is a more independent of epicardial arterial stenoses than CFR
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahn Ilsar et al. 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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[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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