Prognostic implication of Doppler echocardiographic derived coronary flow reserve in patients with left bundle branch block

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 364-373

  Cortigiani, Lauro ^a   Rigo, Fausto ^b   Gherardi, Sonia ^c   Bovenzi, Francesco ^a   Molinaro, Sabrina ^d   Picano, Eugenio ^d   Sicari, Rosa ^d  

^a CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^c Cesena Hospital   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Left bundle branch block; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84873388628     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs310     Document Type: Article

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