Revisiting the Canadian Cardiovascular Society grading of stable angina pectoris after a quarter of a century of use

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 941-944

  Dagenais, Gilles R ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^a   Théroux, Pierre ^a   Naylor, C David ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STRESS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036754431     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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