Cardiac complications in noncardiac surgery: Relative value of resting two-dimensional echocardiography and dipyridamole thallium imaging

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-566

  Kontos, Michael C ^a,b   Brath, Lisa K ^a   Akosah, Kwame O ^a   Mohanty, Pramrod K ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SCREENING TEST; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029957671     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90238-0     Document Type: Article

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