Advances in exercise echocardiography: Can this technique still thrive in the era of pharmacologic stress testing?

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 841-856

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Exercise

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032714893     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00140.x     Document Type: Review

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