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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on September 1, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(20):2077-2078; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi476
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Ischaemia and outcome with normal coronary arteries

Thomas H. Marwick*

Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld 4102, Australia

* Corresponding author. Tel: +61 7 3240 5346; fax: +61 7 3240 5399. E-mail address: tmarwick@soms.uq.edu.au

This editorial refers to ‘Long-term survival of patients with chest pain syndrome and angiographically normal or near-normal coronary arteries: the additional prognostic value of dipyridamole echocardiography test’{dagger} by R. Sicari et al., on page 2136

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Despite attempts to optimize patient selection for coronary angiography based on the clinical history and results of stress testing, the rate of normal coronary angiography in most laboratories ranges from 10 to 20%, more in women than in men.1 These patients generally have a good outcome, although many continue to complain of chest pain and some suffer cardiac events.2 Although traditionally considered a failing of clinical evaluation or stress test interpretation, these ‘false positive’ stress results may be due to one or more pathophysiological entities that do not encroach . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Long-term survival of patients with chest pain syndrome and angiographically normal or near-normal coronary arteries: the additional prognostic value of dipyridamole echocardiography test (DET)
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