Incremental prognostic value of stress echocardiography over clinical and stress electrocardiographic variables in patients with prior myocardial infarction: "Warranty time" of a normal stress echocardiogram

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 455-464

  Bangalore, Sripal ^a   Yao, Siu Sun ^a   Puthumana, Jyothy ^a   Chaudhry, Farooq A ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Incremental value; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748563150     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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