Evaluation of diagonal earlobe crease as a marker of coronary artery disease: The use of this sign in pre-operative assessment

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1160-1162

  Kuri, M ^a   Hayashi, Y ^a   Kagawa, K ^a   Takada, K ^a   Kamibayashi, T ^a   Mashimo, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary occlusion; Heart: blood flow; Myocardial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EAR LOBE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035191805     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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