Stress echocardiography, stress single-photon-emission computed tomography and electron beam computed tomography for the assessment of coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis of diagnostic performance

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-423

  Heijenbrok Kal, Majanka H ^a   Fleischmann, Kirsten E ^b   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547954344     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.04.061     Document Type: Review

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