Usefulness of the exercise electrocardiogram in diagnosing ischemic or coronary heart disease in patients with chest pain

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-99

  Høilund Carlsen, Poul Flemming ^a,b   Johansen, Allan ^a   Christensen, Henrik Wulff ^a   Pedersen, Lise Tøffner ^a   Jøhnk, Ida Karina ^a   Vach, Werner ^c   Haghfelt, Torben ^b  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11144232360     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.068     Document Type: Article

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