Prognostic Value of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Patients Presenting to Hospital With Acute Chest Pain and Negative Troponin

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1369-1373

  Jeetley, Paramjit ^a   Burden, Leah ^a   Greaves, Kim ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 34247620819     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.062     Document Type: Article

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