A meta-analytic comparison of echocardiographic stressors

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 189-207

  Noguchi, Yoshinori ^a   Nagata Kobayashi, Shizuko ^b   Stahl, James E ^c   Wong, John B ^d  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; SROC analysis; Stress echocardiography; Test characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 21244456996     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-004-5808-x     Document Type: Review

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