Prognostic implications of intraventricular conduction defects in patients undergoing stress echocardiography for suspected coronary artery disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a,h   Bigi, Riccardo ^b   Gigli, Guido ^c   Coletta, Claudio ^d   Mariotti, Egidio ^e   Dodi, Claudio ^f   Astarita, Costantino ^g   Picano, Eugenio ^b  

^a Lucca Hospital   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Rapallo Hospital   (Italy)

^d SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Guastalla Hospital   (Italy)

^g ASL 5 Hospital of Sorrento   (Italy)

^h CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038303396     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00239-0     Document Type: Article

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