Spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of refractory angina pectoris: A two-year follow-up

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 26-32

  Greco, Salvatore ^a   Auriti, Antonio ^a   Fiume, Dario ^a   Gazzeri, Giovanni ^a   Gentilucci, Giuseppe ^a   Antonini, Lanfranco ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Refractory angina; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTPATIENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREADMILL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032932376     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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