Discrimination between Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiac Syndrome X in Women with Typical Angina and Positive Exercise Test; Utility of Cardiovascular Risk Calculators

Discrimination between Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiac Syndrome X in Women with Typical Angina and Positive Exercise Test; Utility of Cardiovascular Risk Calculators

Introduction: Nearly 40% of women with typical angina and a positive exercise tolerance test (ETT) have normal or near normal coronary angiography (CAG) labeled as cardiac syndrome X (CSX). Objective: We performed this study to evaluate the power of common cardiovascular risk calculators to distingu...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Saadat, Farzad Masoudkabir, Mohsen Afarideh, Saeed Ghodsi, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
exercise tolerance test
cardiac syndrome x
coronary angiography
10 years risk of ASCVD
Framingham risk score
euro score
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/55/1/12

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