Determinants of a positive exercise test in patients admitted with acute non-infarct chest pain

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Moreno, Raúl ^a   Cantalapiedra, José Luis ^a   López De Sá, Esteban ^a   Ortega, Ana ^a   Fernández Portales, Javier ^a   Fernández Bobadilla, Jaime ^a   López Sendón, José Luis ^a   Delcán, Juan Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Exercise test; Myocardial ischaemia; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032582301     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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