Medium term prognostic value of stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in a chest pain unit;Prognóstico em médio prazo da cintilografia de perfusão miocárdica de estresse na unidade de dor torácica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-610

  De Azevedo, Jader Cunha ^a,b   Félix, Renata Christian Martins ^a   Corrêa, Patrícia Lavatori ^a   Barbirato, Gustavo Borges ^a   Dohmann, Hans Fernando Da Rocha ^a   Da Silva, Paulo Roberto Dutra ^a   Mesquita, Evandro Tinoco ^a   Mesquita, Claudio Tinoco ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chest pain unit; Myocardial; Myocardial reperfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 34347356670     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2007000500017     Document Type: Article

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