Prediction of long-term ischemic events by noninvasively assessed coronary flow reserve

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 483-490

  Puddu, Paolo Emilio ^a   Mariano, Enrica ^b   Voci, Paolo ^b   Pizzuto, Francesco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adenosine; coronary flow reserve; Doppler echocardiography; outcome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREDICTION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84864204490     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32834eecf2     Document Type: Article

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