Prognostic value of exercise tests in male veterans with chronic coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 399-407

  Ghayoumi, Afshin ^a   Raxwal, Vinod ^a   Cho, Shaun ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^a   Chun, Sung ^a   Froelicher, Victor F ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Disease prognosis; Exercise testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; SOLDIER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0036859692     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200211000-00003     Document Type: Article

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