Impact of body mass index on outcomes of enhanced external counterpulsation therapy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139.e9-139.e13

  McCullough, Peter A ^a   Silver, Marc A ^a,b   Kennard, Elizabeth D ^a,c   Kelsey, Sheryl F ^a,c   Michaels, Andrew D ^a,d  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTERPULSATION; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STROKE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 29144447400     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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