Independent and incremental value of stress echocardiography over clinical and stress electrocardiographic parameters for the prediction of hard cardiac events in new-onset suspected angina with no history of coronary artery disease

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 875-882

  Chelliah, Rajesh ^a   Anantharam, Brijesh ^a   Burden, Leah ^a   Alhajiri, Abdalla ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise electrocardiography; Risk stratification; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DOBUTAMINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78649378014     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq086     Document Type: Article

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