Quality of life after coronary angioplasty or continued medical treatment for angina: Three-year follow-up in the RITA-2 trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 907-914

  Pocock, Stuart J ^a   Henderson, Robert A ^b   Clayton, Tim ^a,b,c   Lyman, Gary H ^a,b,c   Chamberlain, Douglas A ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034654153     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00637-3     Document Type: Article

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