ST segment depression during recovery after treadmill exercise testing in stable patients with old myocardial infarction;ST sottolivellato nella fase di recupero del test da sforzo in pazienti stabili con pregresso infarto miocardico

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1401-1413

  Casella, Gianni ^a   Pavesi, Pier Camillo ^a   Di Niro, Mariarosaria ^a   Medda, Massimo ^a   Rubboli, Andrea ^a   Lezha, Mimoza ^b   Sangiorgio, Pietro ^a   Bracchetti, Daniele ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 0030324971     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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