Cardiothoracic ratio within the "normal" range independently predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-494

  Zaman, M Justin S ^a   Sanders, Julie ^a   Crook, Angela M ^a   Feder, Gene ^b   Shipley, Martin ^a   Timmis, Adam ^b   Hemingway, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORAX;

EID: 34247388785     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.101238     Document Type: Article

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