Treatment of intractable angina pectoris utilizing spinal cord stimulation

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-74

  Mesa, Juan E ^a   Yakovlev, Alexander E ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Enhanced external counterpulsation; Ischemic heart disease; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; RANOLAZINE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249094569     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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