ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: Summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (committee to update the 1997 exercise testing guidelines)

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1883-1892

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Balady, Gary J ^a   Bricker, J Timothy ^a   Chaitman, Bernard R ^a   Fletcher, Gerald F ^a   Froelicher, Victor F ^a   Mark, Daniel B ^a   McCallister, Ben D ^a   Mooss, Aryan N ^a   O'Reilly, Michael G ^a   Winters Jr , William L ^a   Antman, Elliott M ^a   Alpert, Joseph S ^a   Faxon, David P ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a   Gregoratos, Gabriel ^a   Hiratzka, Loren F ^a   Jacobs, Alice K ^a   Russell, Richard O ^a   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACC AHA scientific statements; Coronary disease; Electrocardiography; Exercise; Tests

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIGOXIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; REVIEW; T WAVE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036787784     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000034670.06526.15     Document Type: Review

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