Exercise testing in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: Case report with ECG and literature review

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1454-1457

  Jezior, Matthew R ^a   Kent, Steven M ^a   Atwood, J Edwin ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Preexcitation syndromes; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PR INTERVAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 19044382811     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.4.1454     Document Type: Article

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