Mild stenosis makes prognosis of vasospastic angina worse

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Takatsu, Fumimaro ^a   Watarai, Masato ^a  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

prognosis; sex; stenosis; vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOSPASTIC ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DILTIAZEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78650796476     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3283402313     Document Type: Article

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