Silent ischemia: Unsafe at any time

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-44

  Bergmann, Steven R ^a   Giedd, Kenneth N ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; THALLIUM 201;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037868128     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00558-8     Document Type: Editorial

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