The additive prognostic value of wall motion abnormalities and coronary flow reserve during dipyridamole stress echo

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-88

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

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Cesena Hospital   (Italy)

^d CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^e CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Dipyridamole stress echocardiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPYRIDAMOLE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 37849007629     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm527     Document Type: Article

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