Comparison of stress/rest myocardial perfusion tomography, dipyridamole and dobutamine stress echocardiography for the detection of coronary disease in hypertensive patients with chest pain and positive exercise test

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 441-447

  Fragasso, Gabriele ^a   Lu, Chunzeng ^a   Dabrowski, Pawel ^a   Pagnotta, Paolo ^a   Sheiban, Imad ^a   Chierchia, Sergio L ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032700888     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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