Effect of spinal cord stimulation in patients with refractory angina: Evidence from observational studies

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 542-549

  Lanza, Gaetano Antonio ^a   Barone, Lucy ^a   Di Monaco, Antonio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; efficacy; review article; safety; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE; PLACEBO;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALGESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE INFECTION; DRUG USE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULARIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTORY ANGINA PECTORIS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84870523613     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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