Wall thickening assessment with tissue harmonic echocardiography results in improved risk stratification for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute chest pain

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-148

  Hickman, M ^a   Swinburn, J M A ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Risk stratification; Tissue harmonic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442277778     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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