Prognostic implication of stress echocardiography in 6214 hypertensive and 5328 normotensive patients

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1509-1518

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Bigi, Riccardo ^b   Landi, Patrizia ^c   Bovenzi, Francesco ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^c   Sicari, Rosa ^c  

^a CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79959452654     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr060     Document Type: Article

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