Prognostic role of aortic atherosclerosis and coronary flow reserve in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Forster, Tamás ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^b   Soliman, Osama I I ^b   Cate, Folkert J ten ^b   Csanády, Miklós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic atherosclerosis; Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 56749184018     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.137     Document Type: Article

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