Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Abnormal Stress Echocardiograms and Angiographically Mild Coronary Artery Disease (<50% Stenoses) or Normal Coronary Arteries

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-214

  From, Aaron M ^a   Kane, Garvan ^a   Bruce, Charles ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Scott, Christopher ^b   McCully, Robert B ^a  

^a Echocardiography Laboratory   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Exercise echocardiography; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 75749135682     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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