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Author(s): | Silva, F Borges, T Ribeiro, A Mesquita, R Rocha, OL Magalhães, D Silva, JC Azevedo, A Bettencourt, P |
Title: | Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Should we submit patients without angina to coronary angiography? |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Abstract: | Coronary artery disease (CAD) accounts for about two-thirds of cases of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) [1]. Angina symptoms and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) are not sufficient to establish an ischemic etiology and according to recommendations coronary angiography (CA) is the gold standard [1–3]. There is a paucity of information on the performance of CA for detecting CAD in HFrEF without known CAD [4]. We aimed to determine the frequency of CAD in HFrEF patients of unknown etiology and without known CAD, and to identify variables associated with the presence and severity of CAD. |
Subject: | Heart failure Coronary angiography |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10216/114695 |
Source: | Int J Cardiol, vol. 190, p. 131-32 |
Document Type: | Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | ISPUP - Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
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