Use of functional tests before angiography in patients with normal coronary arteries

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 326-331

  Leung, Dominic Y ^a   Lo, Sidney T ^a   Liew, Chee Tat ^a   Wong, Adelina M ^a   Hopkins, Andrew P ^a   Juergens, Craig P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25644442435     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.019     Document Type: Article

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