Importance of estimated functional capacity as a predictor of all-cause mortality among patients referred for exercise thallium single-photon emission computed tomography: Report of 3,400 patients from a single center

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 641-648

  Snader, Claire E ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Pashkow, Fredric J ^a   Harvey, Sharon A ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Lauer, Michael S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL;

EID: 0030959743     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00217-9     Document Type: Review

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