Safety and clinical impact of ergonovine stress echocardiography for diagnosis of coronary vasospasm

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1850-1856

  Song, Jae Kwan ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ERGOMETRINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; ST SEGMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ERGONOVINE; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034036109     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00646-X     Document Type: Article

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