¿Debe realizarse rutinariamente una coronariografía a todos los pacientes con angina inestable? Argumentos en contra

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 647-656

  Bosch, Xavier ^a,b   Miranda Guardiola, Faustino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3142559864     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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