Investigation of ischaemic chest pain: Which tests to choose?

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 530-539

  Wong, John T H ^a   Chan, Andy W K ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; TECHNETIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 33847753867     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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