Temporary cessation of spinal cord stimulation in angina pectoris - Effects on symptoms and evaluation of long-term effect determinants

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-327

  Ekre, Olof ^a   Norrsell, Henrik ^a   Währborg, Peter ^a   Eliasson, Tore ^a   Mannheimer, Clas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Electrical stimulation therapy; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042868733     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200306000-00008     Document Type: Article

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