Comparison of Dipyridamole and exercise stress echocardiography for detection of coronary artery disease (a meta-analysis)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1193-1196

  De Albuquerque Fonseca, Lucas ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035873317     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01493-X     Document Type: Article

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