The prognostic value of a QRS score during exercise testing

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 375-380

  Michaelides, Andreas P ^a,b   Aigyptiadou, Maria Niki K ^a   Andrikopoulos, George K ^a   Richter, Dimitris J ^a   Kartalis, Athanasios ^a   Tapanlis, Evstratios ^a   Fourlas, Christos A ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Exercise testing; Prognosis; QRS score

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 23044491157     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960280806     Document Type: Article

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