Prevalence and non-invasive predictors of left main or three-vessel coronary disease: Evidence from a collaborative international meta-analysis including 22 740 patients

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 914-919

  D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio ^a,k   Presutti, Davide Giacomo ^a   Picardi, Elisa ^a   Moretti, Claudio ^a,k   Omedè, Pierluigi ^a   Sciuto, Filippo ^a   Novara, Marco ^a   Yan, Andrew T ^b   Goodman, Shaun ^b   Mahajan, Nitin ^c   Kosuge, Masami ^d   Palazzuoli, Alberto ^e   Jong, Gwo Ping ^f   Isma'eel, Hussain ^g   Budoff, Matthew J ^g   Rubinshtein, Ronen ^h   Gewirtz, Henry ⁱ   Reed, Matthew J ^j   Theroux, Pierre ^k   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^j,k   Modena, Maria Grazia ^j   Sheiban, Imad ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^k Meta analysis and Evidence based Medicine Training in Cardiology (METCARDIO)   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEFT MAIN DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE CORONARY DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84861510550     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301596     Document Type: Article

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