Sex and test verification bias: Impact on the diagnostic value of exercise echocardiography

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 405-410

  Roger, Veronique L ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Bell, Malcolm R ^a   Chow, Charles W H ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Seward, James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; echocardiography; exercise; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031036048     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.2.405     Document Type: Article

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