Aortic valve sclerosis is an echocardiographic indicator of significant coronary disease in patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-77

  Hsu, S Y ^a   Hsieh, I C ^a   Chang, S H ^a   Wen, M S ^a   Hung, Kuo Chun ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve sclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13844306361     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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