Determination of vessel size: A putative framework to assess clinical outcome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-139

  Asselbergs, Folkert W ^a,b   Piers, Lieuwe H ^b   Jessurun, Gillian A J ^b   Van Boven, Ad J ^b   Veeger, Nic J G M ^b   Zijlstra, Felix ^b   Van Gilst, Wiek H ^a,b   Tio, René A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Diffuse atherosclerosis; Prognosis; Vessel size

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 23244452558     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.037     Document Type: Article

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