Prognostic effect of coronary flow reserve in women versus men with chest pain syndrome and normal dipyridamole stress echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1703-1708

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Rigo, Fausto ^b   Gherardi, Sonia ^c   Galderisi, Maurizio ^d   Bovenzi, Francesco ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^e   Sicari, Rosa ^e  

^a CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^c AUSL Cesena   (Italy)

^d FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78649703452     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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