Exercise echocardiography or exercise SPECT imaging? A meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 913-920

  Fleischmann, Kirsten E ^a,b   Hunink, Maria G M ^b   Kuntz, Karen M ^c   Douglas, Pamela S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Brigham and Women's Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d Cardiovascular Division   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM CHLORIDE TL 201;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032500286     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.10.913     Document Type: Article

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