Prognostic Value of Coronary Flow Reserve in Medically Treated Patients With Left Anterior Descending Coronary Disease With Stenosis 51% to 75% in Diameter

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1527-1531

  Rigo, Fausto ^a   Sicari, Rosa ^d   Gherardi, Sonia ^b   Djordjevic Dikic, Ana ^e   Cortigiani, Lauro ^c   Picano, Eugenio ^d  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^b AUSL Cesena   (Italy)

^c CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^e CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPYRIDAMOLE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRATES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 35948994608     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.06.060     Document Type: Article

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