Prognostic and clinical correlates of angiographically diffuse non-obstructive coronary lesions

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1009-1013

  Bigi, Riccardo ^a,b   Cortigiani, L ^c   Colombo, P ^a   Desideri, A ^d   Bax, J J ^e   Parodi, O ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0041326888     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.9.1009     Document Type: Article

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