Role of exercise stress test in master athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 527-531

  Pigozzi, F ^b   Spataro, A ^b   Alabiso, A ^b   Parisi, A ^b   Rizzo, M ^b   Fagnani, F ^b   Di Salvo, V ^b   Massazza, G ^b   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 23144437494     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.014340     Document Type: Article

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