Evaluation of primary care patients with chronic stable angina: Guidelines from the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Snow, Vincenza ^a   Barry, Patricia ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^b   Gibbons, Raymond J ^b   Owens, Douglas K ^b   Williams, Sankey V ^b   Weiss, Kevin B ^b   Mottur Pilson, Christel ^b   Aronson, Mark ^b   Cross Jr , Thomas ^b   Fitterman, Nick ^b   Hornbake, Rodney ^b   Sherif, Katherine D ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3042733303     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-1-200407060-00015     Document Type: Review

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