Silent myocardial ischemia: Current perspectives and future directions

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-196

  Ahmed, Amany H ^a   Shankar, K J ^a   Eftekhari, Hossein ^b   Munir, M S ^a   Robertson, Jillian ^c   Brewer, Alan ^a   Stupin, Igor V ^a   Casscells, S Ward ^d  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Coronary artery disease; Silent myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY RISK; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 37549005567     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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