Prevalence of coronary artery disease in a general population without suspicion of coronary artery disease: Angiographic analysis of subjects aged 40 to 70 years referred for catheter ablation therapy

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Enbergs, Annette ^a   Burger R ^b   Reinecke, H ^b   Borggrefe, M ^b   Breithardt, G ^b   Kerber, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asymptomatic persons; Coronary stenoses; Occult coronary disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0342680012     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1763     Document Type: Article

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