Comparison of Exercise Electrocardiography, Technetium-99m Sestamibi Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, and Dobutamine and Dipyridamole Echocardiography for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Hypertensive Women

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1254-1260

  Lu, Chunzeng ^a   Lu, Fei ^a   Fragasso, Gabriele ^b   Dabrowski, Pawel ^b   Di Bello, Vitantonio ^a   Chierchia, Sergio L ^b   Gianolli, Luigi ^b   Marzilli, Mario ^a   Balbarini, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SARTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77950866389     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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