Gender differences in use of stress testing and coronary heart disease mortality: A population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Roger, Veronique L ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Miller, Todd D ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032145618     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00229-0     Document Type: Article

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