Comparison of ramp versus step protocols for exercise testing in patients ≥60 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-14

  Bader, David S ^a   Maguire, Thomas E ^a   Balady, Gary J ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032902241     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00774-7     Document Type: Article

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