Exercise capability and myocardial perfusion in chronic angina patients treated with enhanced external counterpulsation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 287-290

  Tartaglia, Joseph ^d   Stenerson Jr , J ^a   Charney, R ^d   Ramasamy, S ^a   Fleishman, B L ^b   Gerardi, P ^d   Hui, J C K ^c  

^a New York United Medical Center   (United States)

^b GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Angina; External counterpulsation; Radionuclide perfusion; ST depression

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTERPULSATION; ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART WORK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREADMILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037870485     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4950260610     Document Type: Article

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