Regional left ventricular perfusion and function in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and no ST-segment elevation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1606-1611

  Rinkevich, Diana ^a   Kaul, Sanjiv ^a   Wang, Xin Qun ^a   Khim, Leng Tong ^a   Belcik, Todd ^a   Kalvaitis, Saul ^a   Lepper, Wolfgang ^a   Dent, John M ^a   Wei, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Myocardial ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 25844527331     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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