Prognostic value of pharmacological stress echocardiography in women with chest pain and unknown coronary artery disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1975-1981

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Dodi, Claudio ^a   Paolini, Emilio A ^a   Bernardi, Daniele ^a   Bruno, Gabriele ^a   Nannini, Eugenio ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Units   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032439772     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00477-X     Document Type: Article

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