Usefulness of pharmacologic stress echocardiography for the long-term prognostic assessment of patients with typical versus atypical chest pain

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-442

  Amici, Elisabetta ^a   Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Coletta, Claudio ^a   Franzin, Susanna ^a   Bigi, Riccardo ^a   Desideri, Alessandro ^a   Gambelli, Giancarlo ^a   Ceci, Vincenzo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; NITRATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0037441677     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03241-1     Document Type: Article

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