The role of spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of refractory angina;Il ruolo della stimolazione spinale nel trattamento dell'angina refrattaria

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-435

  Greco, Salvatore ^a   Antonini, Lanfranco ^a   Auriti, Antonio ^a   Peverini, Mario ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angina; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SPINAL CORD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDURAL SPACE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344258368     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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