Improving diagnosis and treatment of women with angina pectoris and microvascular disease: The iPOWER study design and rationale

American Heart Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 452-458

  Prescott, Eva ^a   Abildstrøm, Steen Zabell ^a   Aziz, Ahmed ^b   Merz, Noel Bairey ^c   Gustafsson, Ida ^d   Halcox, Julian ^e   Hansen, Henrik Steen ^b   Hansen, Peter Riis ^f   Kastrup, Jens ^g   Michelsen, Marie ^a   Mygind, Naja Dam ^g   Ong, Peter ^h   Pena, Adam ^f   Rosengren, Annika ⁱ   Sechtem, Udo ^h   Søgaard, Peter ^j  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^h ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION; DENMARK; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STUDY DESIGN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84897057580     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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