Evaluation of patients with chest pain and normal coronary angiograms

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1825-1833

  Schwartz, Leonard ^a   Bourassa, Martial G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0034881603     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.15.1825     Document Type: Review

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