Head-to-head comparison of dipyridamole echocardiography and stress perfusion scintigraphy for the detection of coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis. Comparison between stress echo and scintigraphy

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Imran, Muhammad B ^a   Pálinkás, Attila ^b   Picano, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dipyridamole stress echocardiography; Head to head comparison; Meta analysis; Stress myocardial scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037311076     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021746515555     Document Type: Article

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