The independent long-term prognostic value of coronary flow velocity reserve in female patients with chest pain and negative coronary angiograms (Results from the SZEGED study)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-261

  Balázs, Erika ^a   Pintér, Kinga S ^a   Egyed, Ágnes ^a   Csanády, Miklós ^a   Forster, Tamás ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography; Female; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651422102     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.10.071     Document Type: Article

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