Usefulness of coronary angiography for assessing left ventricular function

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 384-386

  Wandt, Birger ^a   Kähäri, Anders ^b   Zizala, Jan ^b   Bojö, Leif ^b   Wranne, Bengt ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031927369     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00326-9     Document Type: Article

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