Value of fluoroscopy in the detection of coronary stenosis: Influence of age, sex, and number of vessels calcified on diagnostic efficacy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 323-333

  Uretsky, Barry F ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rifkin, Robert D ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sharma, Satish C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Reddy, P Sudhakar ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BAYES THEOREM; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0023867416     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(88)90478-4     Document Type: Article

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