Reverend Bayes' silent majority. An alternative factor affecting sensitivity and specificity of exercise electrocardiography

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 1986, Pages 1175-1180

  Diamond, George A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIFICITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022470271     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90694-6     Document Type: Editorial

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