Evaluation of chest pain in low-risk patients presenting to the emergency department: The role of immediate exercise testing

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Kirk, J D ^a   Turnipseed, S ^a   Lewis, W R ^a   Amsterdam, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0031808827     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70091-5     Document Type: Article

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