Right precordial and posterior chest leads do not increase detection of positive response in electrocardiogram during exercise treadmill testing

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-77

  Sabapathy, Rajendran ^a   Bloom, Heather L ^a   Lewis, William R ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; TREADMILL;

CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037223448     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03002-3     Document Type: Article

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