Assessment of quality of life in patients with chest pain and normal coronary arteriogram (syndrome X) using a specific questionnaire

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-291

  Atienza, Felipe ^a   Velasco, José A ^a   Brown, Sue ^b   Ridocci, Francisco ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina; Chest pain; Normal coronary arteriograms; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNDROME X; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032900646     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220406     Document Type: Article

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