Prognostic value of dipyridamole thallium imaging after acute myocardial infarction in older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-301

  Jain, Sudhir ^a   Baird, John B ^a   Fischer, Keith C ^a   Rich, Michael W ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Myocardial infarction; Pharmacologic stress testing; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032935633     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02992.x     Document Type: Article

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