The diagnostic accuracy of pharmacological stress echocardiography for the assessment of coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Picano, Eugenio ^a   Molinaro, Sabrina ^a   Pasanisi, Emilio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45849151408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-30     Document Type: Article

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