Utility of immediate exercise treadmill testing in patients taking beta blockers or calcium channel blockers

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 882-885

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a,b   Kirk, J Douglas ^a   Turnipseed, Samuel D ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; METOPROLOL; NADOLOL; NIFEDIPINE; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0037108015     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02714-5     Document Type: Article

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