Prognostic implication of appropriateness criteria for pharmacological pharmacologic stress echocardiography performed in an outpatient clinic

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-305

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Bigi, Riccardo ^b   Bovenzi, Francesco ^a   Molinaro, Sabrina ^c   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

Appropriateness; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84863711735     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.971242     Document Type: Article

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