Clinical yield and cost of exercise treadmill testing to screen for coronary artery disease in asymptomatic adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-224

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

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; TREADMILL;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032518707     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00871-0     Document Type: Article

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