Caffeine impairs myocardial blood flow response to physical exercise in patients with coronary artery disease as well as in age-matched controls.

Caffeine impairs myocardial blood flow response to physical exercise in patients with coronary artery disease as well as in age-matched controls.

BACKGROUND:Caffeine is one of the most widely consumed pharmacologically active substances. Its acute effect on myocardial blood flow is widely unknown. Our aim was to assess the acute effect of caffeine in a dose corresponding to two cups of coffee on myocardial blood flow (MBF) in coronary artery...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Namdar, Tiziano Schepis, Pascal Koepfli, Oliver Gaemperli, Patrick T Siegrist, Renate Grathwohl, Ines Valenta, Raphael Delaloye, Michael Klainguti, Christophe A Wyss, Thomas F Lüscher, Philipp A Kaufmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2682574?pdf=render

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