Lessons learned from studies of the standard exercise ECG test

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1442-1451

  Froelicher, Victor F ^a,c   Fearon, William F ^a   Ferguson, Cynthia M ^a   Morise, Anthony P ^b   Heidenreich, Paul ^a   West, Jeffrey ^a   Atwood, J Edwin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic techniques; Exercise testing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032696826     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.5.1442     Document Type: Article

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