Diagnosing coronary artery disease in women: An update on cardiac imaging modalities

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-169

  Litwin, Sheldon E ^a   Priester, Tiffany C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 74049143136     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c6f7f4     Document Type: Review

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