Morbidity and use of medical resources in patients with chest pain and normal or near-normal coronary arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-304

  Albertsson, Per ^a   Emanuelsson, Haakan ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Lamm, Carl ^a   Sandén, Wanja ^a   Lagerberg, Gunilla ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031049414     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00751-5     Document Type: Article

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