Stress echocardiography for risk stratification of patients with chest pain and normal or slightly narrowed coronary arteries

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 10 II, 2002, Pages 1285-1289

  Bigi, Riccardo ^a,e   Cortigiani, Lauro ^b   Bax, Jeroen J ^c   Colombo, Paola ^d   Desideri, Alessandro ^a   Sponzilli, Carlo ^d   Fiorentini, Cesare ^d  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036781858     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.123960     Document Type: Article

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