Accuracy of non-invasive techniques for diagnosis of coronary artery disease and prediction of cardiac events in patients with left bundle branch block: A meta-analysis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1442-1451

  Biagini, Elena ^a,b   Shaw, Leslee J ^c   Poldermans, Don ^a   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Rizzello, Vittoria ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^d   Rapezzi, Claudio ^b   Bax, Jeroen J ^e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Prognosis; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCINTIGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845364179     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0156-9     Document Type: Article

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