No gender difference in the extent of myocardial ischemia in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-129

  Lønnebakken, Mai T ^a,b   Nordrehaug, Jan E ^a,b   Gerdts, Eva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

contrast echocardiography; Gender; myocardial ischemia; non obstructive ischemic heart disease; non ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RISK SCORE;

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENDER; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NON-OBSTRUCTIVE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84890478252     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312454107     Document Type: Article

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