Prediction of death and myocardial infarction by screening with exercise-thallium testing after coronary-artery-bypass grafting

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9103, 1998, Pages 615-622

  Lauer, Michael S ^a   Lytle, Bruce ^a   Pashkow, Fredric ^a   Snader, Claire E ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032574246     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07062-1     Document Type: Article

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