Usefulness of finger blood flow during exercise as a marker of functionally significant coronary heart disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 756-759

  Qureshi, Ehtasham ^a   Diamond, George A ^a   Chouraqui, Pierre ^b   Saef, Jerold ^c   Reed, George ^d   Armenia, Amy B ^d   Rozanski, Alan ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Batey Cardiology Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINGERS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036804476     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02605-X     Document Type: Article

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