Marked differences between patients referred for stress echocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging studies

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 888-893

  Bart, Bradley A ^a,b   Erlien, Daryl A ^a   Herzog, Charles A ^a,b   Asinger, Richard W ^a,b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 19344369517     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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