Superiority of quantitative exercise thallium-201 variables in determining long-term prognosis in ambulatory patients with chest pain: A comparison with cardiac catheterization

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 25-34

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne M ^a   Homma, Sunichi ^a   Leavitt, Marcia ^a   Okada, Robert D ^a   Boucher, Charles A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0023893650     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90351-8     Document Type: Article

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