The stress echo prognostic gender gap

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-138

  Cortigiani, L ^a,b   Gigli, G ^a,b   Vallebona, A ^a,b   Mariani, P R ^a,b   Bigi, R ^a,b   Desideri, A ^a,b  

^a Hospitals of Lucca and Rapallo (Genova)   (Italy)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dipyridamole; Dobutamine; Prognosis; Sex; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034926452     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2001.0087     Document Type: Article

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