Comparison of Prognostic Value of Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography in Chest Pain Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus and Positive Exercise Electrocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1744-1749

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Bigi, Riccardo ^b   Sicari, Rosa ^c   Rigo, Fausto ^d   Bovenzi, Francesco ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^c  

^a Lucca Hospital   (Italy)

^b University School of Medicine   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36849012676     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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