Improving Risk Assessment with Cardiac Testing in Peripheral Arterial Disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-538

  Feringa, Harm H H ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^b   Karagiannis, Stefanos E ^a   Noordzij, Peter G ^a   Dunkelgrun, Martin ^a   Schouten, Olaf ^a   Vidakovic, Radosav ^a   van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^c   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Coronary artery disease; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Left ventricular dysfunction; Peripheral arterial disease; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34248644853     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.041     Document Type: Article

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