Is rest or exercise hypertension a cause of a false-positive exercise test?

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 226-232

  Miller, Todd D ^a   Christian, Timothy F ^a   Allison, Thomas G ^a   Squires, Ray W ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

BP; Hypertension; ST segment depression

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033954698     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.1.226     Document Type: Article

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