Prognostic value of dipyridamole stress echocardiography in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, chest pain and resting electrocardiographic repolarization abnormalities

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 571-577

  Mondillo, S ^a   Agricola, E ^a   Ammaturo, T ^a   Guerrini, F ^a   Barbati, R ^a   Focardi, M ^a   Picchi, A ^a   Ballo, P ^a   Nami, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Left ventricle; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034955999     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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