Prognostic value of combined exercise and recovery electrocardiographic analysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1253-1258

  Bigi, Riccardo ^a,e   Cortigiani, Lauro ^b   Gregori, Dario ^c   Bax, Jeroen J ^d   Fiorentini, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CAMPO DI MARTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 21744433349     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.11.1253     Document Type: Article

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