Value of early exercise stress testing in a chest pain unit protocol;Valor de la prueba de esfuerzo precoz en un protocolo de unidad de dolor torácico

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1089-1092

  Sanchis, Juan ^a   Bodí, Vicent ^a   Llácer, Ángel ^a   Núñez, Julio ^a   Ferrero, José Antonio ^a   Chorro, Francisco J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Exercise; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; STRATIFICATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0036811911     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(02)76761-4     Document Type: Article

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