Stress echocardiography for the detection and assessment of coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-515

  Fine, Nowell M ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79960436488     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9365-0     Document Type: Article

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