Immediate exercise testing of low risk patients with known coronary artery disease presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1843-1847

  Lewis, William R ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel ^a   Kirk, J Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032716498     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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